The Romans associated pants with barbarism and eventually banned them, but the legwear eventually became commonplace nonetheless.

You’d sit down, do your business straight into the drain below and probably have a chat with some of your friends as you did so ... the Romans had to wear pants. A Roman soldier was a well ...

A recent study published in the journal Antiquity sheds new light on how Roman ... soldiers patched broken armor using pieces from other damaged sets, similar to mending worn-out clothing.