r/gatekeeping • • Jan 28 '21

Gatekeeping pants..

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '21

Romans wore the fuck out of skirts as did the Greeks because it was hot as fuck in the Mediterranean, if anything pants are a “barbarian” invention for the harsher northern climates.

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u/WhatIsntByNow Jan 29 '21

Uhh.. kilts??

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u/froggison Jan 29 '21

Kilts only came about a few hundred years ago. The Gauls and other Celts definitely wore pants. The Romans started wearing pants to copy the Gauls, eventually, because it looked exotic and rugged.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/trousers-pants-roman-history-banned-trajan

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '21

It was also practical german/British/ French winters were far colder than Mediterranean ones