11-16-2016, 08:14 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-16-2016, 08:31 AM by Crispianus.)
"Would these make decent roman boots. I don't want anything too distant from the real roman boots."
Generally these are not consistant with roman construction of footware, though some ancient shoes of "mocassin" type may look superficially similar, so the answer would be probably not.... at least on current evidence.
"I don't have a kit yet, but these are the types of boots I'm interested in."
Your shoes need to be consistant with the time you want to portray as shoe styles change quite dramatically throughout the life of the Roman Empire... so its best to choose a date range...
Respectively the first is a "Fellboot" Type circa 80-120AD, second and third "Mainz" Type late 1st century BC to perhaps mid 1st century on finds, and up to the early second century at least on sculptural evidence, I haven't seen any beyond this (yet) and its a common theme for sculptur's to copy from the past... so usually only take this as secondary evidence... personally I would limit them though to before 80ad ish...
Generally these are not consistant with roman construction of footware, though some ancient shoes of "mocassin" type may look superficially similar, so the answer would be probably not.... at least on current evidence.
"I don't have a kit yet, but these are the types of boots I'm interested in."
Your shoes need to be consistant with the time you want to portray as shoe styles change quite dramatically throughout the life of the Roman Empire... so its best to choose a date range...
Respectively the first is a "Fellboot" Type circa 80-120AD, second and third "Mainz" Type late 1st century BC to perhaps mid 1st century on finds, and up to the early second century at least on sculptural evidence, I haven't seen any beyond this (yet) and its a common theme for sculptur's to copy from the past... so usually only take this as secondary evidence... personally I would limit them though to before 80ad ish...
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
