Should I call the class to order yet? 
The paenula is probably Etruscan from maybe the 4th century BC, and is a hooded bell shaped weatherproof garment of leather or wool - presumably with the lanolin in or felted. It was fairly ubiquitous being worn by civilian and military alike.
Despite attempts to ban it, it eventually replaced the toga, though it gradually evolved into a more poncho like garment, being lengthened and becoming the casula, from which came the name cagoulle and the garment which is the liturgical chasuble.
I presume to dictate to no man what he shall eat or drink or wherewithal he shall be clothed."
-- The Hon. Stuart Ruaidri Erskine, The Kilt & How to Wear It, 1901.
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