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The Emergence of Pants in Ancient Rome: From Ban to Commonplace Couture
The Romans associated pants with barbarism and eventually banned them, but the legwear eventually became commonplace nonetheless.
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What was life like in the Roman army?
You’d sit down, do your business straight into the drain below and probably have a chat with some of your friends as you did so ... the Romans had to wear pants. A Roman soldier was a well ...
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Roman soldier threw away worn-out shoe 2,000 years ago. Archaeologists just found it
The soles had three leather layers held together with dozens of small nails. Roman soldiers did not wear socks but walked on the hammered and folded-over nails. Another photo shows a ...
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What did Roman soldiers do when their chain mail required fixing? Head to a local craftsperson
A recent study published in the journal Antiquity sheds new light on how Roman soldiers maintained and repaired their chainmail armor on the empire's northern frontiers. Researchers from Czechia ...
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Life in the Roman army
Most soldiers in the Roman Empire ... have a chat with some of your friends as you did so. And I know it looks a bit odd but that’s because in Roman times people always used to go to the loo ...