### Roman sumptuary laws failed similarly to Prohibition > Roman women’s clothing was also subject to law. Around 215-213 BCE the Lex Oppia dictated that, among other things, no woman could wear a dress of more than one color. Passed during the Second Punic War to curb excess, it was repealed a mere two decades later, in part because it proved difficult to enforce. - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01ffr3dxqbdwj156wx389fd3a8) - [[6 Times Sumptuary Laws Told People What to Wear#Roman sumptuary laws failed similarly to Prohibition|View in Vault]] - [n] #articleseed/afterword - laws that needed to be repealed because they didn't work (note: don't include prohibition) - broader:: [[sumptuary laws]]