09-04-2013, 07:41 PM
Thanks for the responses! The possibility of female calones is interesting, but they are mostly associated with manual labour. On the whole I would lean towards the shoes belonging to family members rather than slaves, but then we don't really know how well slaves would be dressed in a Roman military context. It's an open question still about who slept where within a Roman fort, but definitely an interesting one.
Sadly we do have confirmed proof that girls could be present within Roman barracks (
), but as Carol van Driel-Murray has said, there are some elements of military life we don't really like to think of.
Sadly we do have confirmed proof that girls could be present within Roman barracks (
), but as Carol van Driel-Murray has said, there are some elements of military life we don't really like to think of.
