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Campagus?
#1
Hello all<br>
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I came across the follwoing and wondered whether anyone had any ideas about them, what they are or may have looked like?<br>
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Quote:</em></strong><hr>Campagus/campagi, Soldiers' shoes, also called campagi militares. In the Edict of Diocletian, these cost 75 denarii<hr><br>
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The same site also lists caligae, so they aren't confusing them.<br>
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<img src="http://www.euskalnet.net/oskarmaestu/campagi3.jpg" style="border:0;"/><br>
Hi Graham,<br>
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I posted this image here some time ago. I think that I'm the first one to have had campagi reconstructed. This model is copied from one of the Deurne shoes (ca. 320 AD) Campagi were in use from late 3rd century AD to, at least, 6th century. This kind of model, however, only remained in use until last quarter/ end of 4th century.<br>
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Campagi were flimsy, rather open shoes. I think that they were worn mainly by officers and cavalrymen.<br>
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Aitor <p></p><i></i>
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#3
Aitor<br>
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Ah yes I remember now, thanks for the reminder.<br>
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I am hunting about for any sort of closed shoes worn in industrial environments during teh 1st-2nd AD, so I don't think these would do.<br>
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Nicely made though, how are they doing after this time?<br>
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Graham,<br>
They are good for walking on even, smooth floors, but not so for rough gravel, damp or muddy soils. Just the opposite to hobnailed footwear.<br>
In any case, I must say that similar footwear has been worn by peasants, here in the Basque Country, just to the first half of past century and they didn't complain too much about it...<br>
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Aitor <p></p><i></i>
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#5
Hello Aïtor,<br>
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Hey, they look really good ! Do you have a pattern of these shoes ?<br>
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Best regards,<br>
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Alain <p></p><i></i>
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#6
Hi Alain,<br>
The shoemaker had to alter so many times the supposedly 'correct pattern' that I don't know if anything was left except for cardboard silhouette. Archaeological shoes con be so deformed that their 'patterns' need to be corrected via making some preliminary real shoes only to be cut away and discarded!<br>
Maybe the problem was that we were working with an original shoe which had not been conserved when found in early past century and had shrinked badly.<br>
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Aitor <p></p><i></i>
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#7
I added links to the Cuijk campagi here:
http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic.php?t=12366
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#8
Is there any evidence or finds of Boots, or just shoes for the average soldier?

ETA: To be used on rought terrain, I mean.
Eric

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#9
No real thing except for two early Vth century hobnailed low shoes (not boots) from York.
The Venice Tetrarchs are wearing soled (And maybe hobnailed :? ) campagus-type shoes.
One of the soldiers depicted on the ca. 300 AD Luxor wall-paintings was wearing boots. Unfortunately, that section has not survived and the XIXth century watercolour reproducing it shows no details.

Thats all, AFAIK Sad

Aitor
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#10
Just a pair of campagi maximum price in the Diocletianus' 301 edict was 75 denarii, while a good and "probatus" horse for the Cohors XX Palmyrenorum costed 125 denarii in 251... What an inflation!

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