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Archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old Roman sandal near an ancient military fort ... issued to Roman legionary soldiers and auxiliaries around that time. The nails in the sole provided ...
Graphic: Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation and Marcus Regel/Mareg.net (Other) At first blush, the remains of an ancient Roman sandal look ... mainly by Roman soldiers during the ...
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a 2,000-year-old Roman sandal ... Roman-era soldiers discovered beneath soccer field in Vienna 2,200-year-old shackles discovered at ancient Egyptian ...
All soldiers were equipped with tough caligae shoes, from ordinary members of legions to centurions. They resemble modern sandals ... times,' he said. 'We know that several Roman legions and ...
In the gaps between stones that paved the gateway, the team found shoe nails from the sandals of Roman soldiers and shards ... which was typical for that time period. The researchers think the ...
That’s how Romans soldiers did it, a recent find in Haltern am See, Germany confirmed. Archaeologists unearthed one long-lost soldier’s 2,000-year old caliga shoe in an ancient trash pit ...
At the time, his father Robin Birley—also an archaeologist—was digging for Roman artifacts at the site, located just south of the ancient fortification ... of Roman soldiers and their families ...