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Explanation: Romans wore tunics, which generally did not reach the knees. Flexible and breathable! This includes the Roman Legions. Trousers were denigrated as 'barbarian', though Legions in northern areas and the later Empire would begin to wear them regularly.
Julius Caesar's right-hand man, Mark Antony, was noted as wearing scandalously short tunics to show off his muscular legs. Ooh la la!
What was the average temperature in Rome? (Or what is it in the summer?) I imagine skirts/shorts would be easier to wear if it's hot.
Warm. Wiki has a helpful little chart of average temperatures throughout the year:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome#Climate
Excellent! Thank you.
And that right there is why they wore skirts. Humidity kills. Especially if you're going to go into battle with another thousand or few other guys swinging metal around.
Weatherspark is my goto site for yearly averages for a place. It's got average temperature, precipitation, sun/cloud cover, wind and many more statistics.