The kausia or causia (Ancient Greek: καυσία [1]) was an ancient Macedonian flat hat. A purple kausia with a diadem was worn by the Macedonian kings as part of the royal costume. [2]

May 26, 2024 · The kausia was a flat hat worn by the ancient Macedonians. Macedonian kings may have worn a fancier purple kausia with a white diadem wrapped around it. The kausia was worn by the soldiers of Alexander the Great during their long campaign eastwards into Asia.

Nov 4, 2020 · While researching artwork of ancient Macedon this morning, I stumbled across an interesting image of a 3rd Century BCE Macedonian wearing a kausia, headgear said by some scholars to be adapted from a style worn in the Hindu Kush during Alexander the Great's campaign there.

May 11, 2021 · A life-sized bronze head of a Macedonian man provides the most detailed look into the facial features of someone from the ancient Macedonian ethnic group, identifiable as such due to the iconic kausia hat.

Sep 25, 2024 · kausia (plural kausias) ( historical ) A flat hat used in the ancient kingdom of Macedonia . 2019 , Alex Gough, Emperor’s Knife (The Imperial Assassin; 2)‎ [1] , London: …

On one of the Pompeian frescoes, the kausia is blue-gold, and on another (from a villa near Pompeii), it is pale purple. The latter fresco, believed to have been created in the 60s BC, is thought to have been copied from a Macedonian fresco from the 3rd century BC (the appearance of the kausia on it is indeed quite well represented).

Form: Gr. Kausia. A flat, broad-brimmed felt hat, worn in Macedonia and by the Macedonian soldiers. When worn by persons high in society it was coloured purple; the kings of Macedon surrounded it with the royal diadem, and thus the purple causia with the diadem continued to be the emblem of sovereignty in the kingdoms which arose from the ...

Jul 24, 2017 · The most unusual hat I’ve made so far – the kausia was worn by ancient Macedonians and Roman rulers. Ariston won my hat prize for both Rowany Festival 2016, and Canterbury Faire in 2017 and requested a pair of matching hats, suitable for …

Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Kausia 217 tember 326 B.C., the Macedonians were compelled by losses of their own clothing from weather and wear to adopt (some) Indian garments. She therefore concludes that the kausia (both the cap and the name for it), and probably also the chlamys and the krepides, did not exist in the

The kausia was a Macedonian headgear worn by the Macedonian kings after Alexander the Great, perhaps Alexander wore it after his campaign against India. Additionally, the kausia was worn by Macedonian boys and youth, as well as the Ptolemaic kings.