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8 ancient Roman shoes of 'exceptional size' discovered at Roman fort near Hadrian's Wall (www.livescience.com)
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Archaeologists excavating a Roman-era fort in northern England have unearthed several enormous ancient leather soles that measure more than 11.8 inches (30 centimeters) long.

The finds add to the archaeologists' growing collection of supersized ancient footwear found at the ancient fort, known as Magna. The researchers now have eight of these extra-extra-large shoes โ€” a quarter of the total found at the site.

The shoes were discovered at Magna โ€” also known as Carvoran โ€” a fort along Hadrian's Wall, which was built around A.D. 122 to demarcate the northern extent of the Roman Empire. Magna is situated about 7 miles (11 kilometers) west of Vindolanda, the large Roman auxiliary fort that's well known for the remarkable preservation of writing tablets, military medals and leather shoes.

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[โ€“] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

OK, 11.8 inches, that is 29.972cm or 45.41 Paris Stiches, i.e. European size 45. That's big, yes, but is it really that extraordinary?

Given that overall size and shoe size are roughly correlated, maybe they just had a kind of "elite group" of large warriers to intimidate the Picts? Or maybe one large guy, high enough in the ranks to be able to afford more than a single pair of Caligae?

[โ€“] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

And here I thought one Caligula was too many.