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Roman legionaries of the late 2nd century AD on the march (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world

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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Also, from experience, hobnails+natural stone+any wetness=not a fun day.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Backing that up further, there's an account in the Siege of Jerusalem of a Roman soldier slipping on the blood-slick stone streets and getting killed because his hobnailed sandals were not playing nice with the terrain.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

I'm definitely going to tell that next time when someone slips in the very modern tiled bathrooms during a reenactment event.