04-01-2009, 02:34 AM
The slippers are dated to 5th century AD, but the dating is give or take a few hundred years either way. They were part of the Constantine exhibition that came to York in 2006. But the description of guilded slippers fits them perfectly.
I have two friends in Comitatus who are making their horses scale armour. It does seem to take up all their time.
I have two friends in Comitatus who are making their horses scale armour. It does seem to take up all their time.
John Conyard
York
A member of Comitatus Late Roman
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York
A member of Comitatus Late Roman
Reconstruction Group
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.comitatus.net">http://www.comitatus.net
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.historicalinterpretations.net">http://www.historicalinterpretations.net
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