Women's wear

[Crispianus]

Thanks for the information. Couple of things:

Early 1st century AD.

A woman of wealth.  Maybe not great wealth, but not poor.

I will definitely check out the book and keep reading.

Thanks again.

Formally(in public) Closed shoes, Informally (indoors) Sandals... though this may only apply to Citizens, unfortunatly as I said there is little physical evidence to style mostly relying on art evidence open to interpretation, what is shown though is that the shoes completely cover the foot at least with men often with a flap across the front, unfortunatly its usually the case the womens feet are partially covered by their gowns exposing only the toes, images showing variously bare feet, sandals or closed shoes.... these shoes can be low cut (perhaps slip ons or have a laced? opening on the inside of the foot or be something else entirely) they would most likely not be hobnailed for town use, a servant may well carry a pair of sandals for you in the event you were invited into someones house....

Ara Pacis Procession
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Basically it shows the royal family only one man appears to be wearing openwork shoes though its unclear if his feet are uncovered, as for the rest they all appear to be wearing closed footwear, of course ordinary people can be as uncouth as they like no doubt...


A Roman copy of a greek original the girl wears what appear to be un-nailed Calcai of the Panopolis style theres no way of telling from this sculpture if the shoes are original Hellenistic or contemporary Roman fashion... this type is laced across the front of the ankle via tabs as can be seen on the right foot shoe and either tied with a hercules knot or a bow...