Pileus

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The pileus (Ancient Greek: πῖλος, pîlos; also pilleus or pilleum in Latin) was a brimless felt cap worn in Ancient Greece, Etruria, Illyria (especially Pannonia), later also introduced in Ancient Rome. The pileus also appears on Apulian red-figure pottery.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Pileus (hat)”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

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