“Originators of the entire foot-encasing shoe”

Archaeological excavations in a 2,000 Roman well yielded a very well preserved shoe. The well was situated in a village associated with The Saalburg, a Roman fort in what is now Germany. The fort initially sat on the boundary between the Roman empire and the German provinces to the north.

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Fashionable 2,000-Year-Old Roman Shoe Found in a Well

Open Culture, in History

July 17, 2016