Tunic
A tunic is any of several types of garment for the body, usually simple in style, reaching from the shoulders to a length somewhere between the hips and the ankles. The name derives from the Latin tunica, the basic garment worn by both men and women in Ancient Rome, which in turn was based on earlier Greek garments.
Roman tunic
The Roman tunica was adopted from the Greek in the 3rd Century BC. It was worn by citizens and non-citizens alike; citizens, though, might wear it under the toga, especially at formal occasions. The length of the garment, the presence or lack of stripes, as well as their width and ornamentation, would indicate the wearer's status in Roman society. Roman senators, for example, used the Laticlavus, with broad purple stripes, and members of the equestrian class wore the Angusticlavia, with narrower stripes. Soldiers, slaves and manual workers generally had tunics to a little above the knee; those in more sedentary occupations to about the ankle (unless they were expecting to ride a horse, when a shorter one would be worn).
Tunic (military)
A military tunic is a type of medium length coat or jacket, the lower hem of which reaches down to the thighs all the way round. It is named after the tunic, a garment of similar length worn in Ancient Rome.
Development
In the second half of the seventeenth and into the eighteenth century, European soldiers wore a coat of a similar style to the civilian justacorps, which had wide skirts and was decorated with lace at the front and had broad cuffs. As the eighteenth century progressed, coats became tighter and broad lapels to expose the facing colour were introduced, initially in the Prussian Army. The skirts of the coat were turned back to form tails; this was initially a mark of the dragoon cavalry, but was soon adopted by the infantry too. By the start of the nineteenth century, this had evolved into a jacket that was cut to waist level at the front and had a short tail behind; in the British Army, this was called a "coatee". A coat with a skirt that reached down to thigh length had been introduced into both the Russian and Prussian armies at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, but was not widely adopted. However, by the end of the 1830s, there was a feeling that uniforms didn't offer soldiers sufficient protection from the elements or freedom of movement. While Russia experimented again with the tunic, Prussia adopted them for their whole army in 1842.
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- Taking a Chance on Chances released: 2005
- NME: C96 released: 1996
- The Camden Crawl II released: 1996
Taking a Chance on Chances
Released 2005- R.E.D.
- Karpathia
- 50 Year Ordeal in the Coal Cellar
- Knee Deep
- Archaeological Digging
- Head Found With Note
- Robot Predecessor of Girl No.1
- Bears Blood
- White Food
- Hot Day in Mexico
- Second Grade
- Heaven
- Everybody's Protest Novel
- Hey! Brother Mine
- Stunt Pilot
- Miss Midge Wood
- Set Shoot Develop Flash
- Mepunk
- Sightless
- All-Girl Band
The Camden Crawl II
Released 1996- Let's Fence
- I Didn't Mean It Marie
- R.E.T.A.R.D.
- Ghost of the Roman Empire
- Accidentals
- Lung Sexy
- Somebody's Daughter
- TCR (remix)
- Bicycle
- Supercool
- Tesko Suicide
- Thirteen Gliding Principles
- First Day on a New Planet
- A Place for Parks
- Cut Them Out
- Ex-Boyfriend
- Going Going Gone
- Cellophane
- One Night Stand
- Grudge ****
- Someone to Love
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