Anabolla was a cloak-like garment worn byancient Greeks andRomans.Nonius Marcellus quotes a passage ofVarro to show that it was a garment worn by soldiers (vestis militaris), and thus opposed to thetoga. Roman women also wore a version of theabolla by at least the imperial period.^[1]

Theabolla was, however, not confined to military occasions, but was also worn in the city.^[2] It was especially used by theStoic andCynic philosophers at Rome as thepallium philosophicum,^[3] just as the Greek philosophers were accustomed to distinguish themselves by a particular dress.^[4] Hence, the expression ofJuvenalfacinus majoris abollae merely signifies, "a crime committed by a very deep philosopher".^[5][6][7] It could also be used as a luxury item.Ptolemy of Mauretania wore a purple cloak so luxurious that it is theorized thatCaligula had him executed out of jealousy.^[8]

The termabolla is actually aLatinization of the Greekambolla (ἀμβόλλα) oranabole (ἀναβολή), for a loose woolen cloak.^[9]

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