The aforementioned day-laborer's shirt took hundreds of hours to make. The aforementioned Greeks & Romans had to go hunt & kill & skin & dry a good-sized anima

The aforementioned day-laborer's shirt took hundreds of hours to make. The aforementioned Greeks & Romans had to go hunt & kill & skin & dry a good-sized animal to make a shirt. You can buy an entirely respectable modern shirt for $5 today, 42 minutes of mundane commodity labor in a comfortable environment.