IDC ROME: Roman Sculpture

What does the footwear look like? Real upper class Romans wore closed leather shoes. Senatorial men wore such shoes, but theirs had criss-crossing straps, while the men and women of the equestrian class usually wore leather shoes without straps. Sandals belonged to the Greeks. Among sandals, a modern day thong flip-flop was female; sandals without the thong between the big toe were male.


				WHAT'S ON THE FEET?




			What does the footwear look like? Real upper class Romans wore closed leather shoes. Senatorial men wore such shoes, but theirs had criss-crossing straps, while the men and women of the equestrian class usually wore leather shoes without straps. Sandals belonged to the Greeks. Among sandals, a modern day thong flip-flop was female; sandals without the thong between the big toe were male.