Barefoot on snow

[hoplite14gr]

Well my rants about the naked and barefoot trying to correct the misconseptions are arround the Greek History forum.
Eternaly "Sunny Greece" exists in the tourst guid only!
Soldiers might loose their things or have them destroyed.
I happened to ancient armies too. Sacharan berbers for example walk bare foot on hot sand. I do not know case of people walking barefoot on snow in winter unless forced too. Up to 1900 Balkan farmers worked in their fields bare foot but not in winter!
Those who could not have leather in winter they would wear thick felt shocks from goat wool. They were standart issue in tha Balkan armies until WW2.
Many a soldier's feet were saved from frostbite because of them.

Use of karbatinae with these socks is lost in the depth of time.
Goffredo´s comment on the artistic habbits of the ancients is accurate.
Kind regards