Wedding History

Brides and Beauty Through the Ages

April 30, 2010

Wedding History

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Ancient Rome

Veils (and engagement rings, by the way) were par for the course all the way back in ancient Rome. However, instead of the white veils common today, a Roman bride's veil, or flammeum, was bright yellow or red.

Roman brides wore a unique hairstyle called the tutulus: the hair was divided into six locks, pinned into a cone on top of her head, parted with a bent spearhead, and then decorated with flowers.

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by Miriam Lacey 1

Ancient Rome

Roman brides wore a unique hairstyle called the tutulus: the hair was divided into six locks, pinned into a cone on top of her head, parted with a bent spearhead, and then decorated with flowers.

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1 Comment

3 years 3 weeks

Very interesting! I guess it has always been important to have marriage traditions in every society and time. I've always enjoyed looking at wedding pictures and the styles. Enjoyed this slideshow very much :)