Fashionable 2,000-Year-Old Roman shoe found in a well!

When the Romans pushed their way north into the German provinces, they built (circa 90 AD) The Saalburg, a fort that protected the boundary between the Roman Empire and the Germanic tribal territories. At its peak, 2,000 people lived in the fort and the attached village. It remained active until around 260 AD.

Somewhere during the 19th century, The Saalburg was rediscovered and excavated, then later fully reconstructed. It’s now a UNESCO World Heritage site and houses the Saalburg Museum, which contains many Roman relics, including a 2,000 year old shoe, apparently found in a local well.

If you think the Italians have mastered the craft of making shoes, well, they don’t have much on their ancestors. According to the site Romans Across Europe, the Romans  “were the originators of the entire-foot-encasing shoe.” The site continues:

There was a wide variety of shoes and sandals for men and women. Most were constructed like military caligae, with a one-piece upper nailed between layers of the sole. Many had large open-work areas made by cutting or punching circles, triangles, squares, ovals, etc. in rows or grid-like patterns. Others were more enclosed, having only holes for the laces. Some very dainty women’s and children’s shoes still had thick nailed soles.

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Hundreds of Roman gold coins found in basement of old theater

Archaeologists are studying a valuable trove of old Roman coins found on the site of a former theater in northern Italy.

The coins, at least 300 of them, date back to the late Roman imperial era and were found in a soapstone jar unearthed in the basement of the Cressoni Theater in Como, north of Milan.

"We do not yet know in detail the historical and cultural significance of the find," said Culture Minister Alberto Bonisoli in a press release. "But that area is proving to be a real treasure for our archeology. A discovery that fills me with pride."

Whoever placed the jar in that place "buried it in such a way that in case of danger they could go and retrieve it," said Maria Grazia Facchinetti, a numismatist -- or expert in rare coins -- at a Monday press conference.

"They were stacked in rolls similar to those seen in the bank today," she said, adding the coins have engravings about emperors Honorius, Valentinian III, Leon I, Antonio, and Libio Severo "so they don't go beyond 474 AD."

"All of this makes us think that the owner is not a private subject, rather it could be a public bank or deposit," Facchinetti added.

Archaeologists also uncovered a golden bar inside the jar.

 Hundreds of Roman gold coins found in basement of old

The ancient Roman city of Baiae, on the northwest shore of the Gulf of Naples...

was once a popular coastal resort famous for its idyllic location and therapeutic mineral springs that drew the likes of Julius Caesar, Nero and Caligula. But what really enticed the wealthy and the powerful to this resort town were its beach parties, the wine and the women.

In Baiae, “unmarried women are common property, old men behave like young boys, and lots of young boys act like young girls,” wrote the ancient Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro. Others described it as a “den of licentiousness and vice" and a "vortex of luxury". Baiae’s hedonism was as notorious as that of Las Vegas today.

But much of Baiae now lies underwater. The same subterranean volcanic activity that brought hot water to the surface and turned Baiae into the imperial capital of debauchery and vice also caused its downfall, quite literally. The entire land dropped like a plate by more than six meters —a process known as bradyseism, caused by the emptying of the underlying magma chamber. This happened during the 16th century, but by then, Baiae was already a mere shadow of its former magnificence.

Baiae was built on the Cumaean Peninsula, originally as a port. It became a luxurious resort and a gateway for the elite towards the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire. Baia was the hottest vacation spot among prominent members of the Roman aristocracy such as Julius Caesar, Nero, Caligula, Augustus, Pompeius the Great, Marcus Antonius, Septimius Severus … the list goes on. Many had their own villas built there.

Baiae’s glory days came to an end with the barbarian invasions and raids by Muslim rulers in the 8th century. Then, in the 16th century, it vanished beneath the Tyrrhenian Sea.

 The Sunken City of Baiae The ancient Roman city of Baiae

A Roman bathhouse built by emperor Vespasian still in use after 2,000 years in Khenchela, Algeria.

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 A Roman bathhouse built by emperor Vespasian still in use

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The  flying buttresses of the Milan Cathedral.

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The big gate of the Roman Pantheon, MS. 132.

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Take a look at this amazing piece of ancient craftmanship - famous Roman helmet from Berkasovo in northern Serbia, one of the most beautiful late Roman helmets ever found.

It originates from 4th century AD, it is made of gold-plated iron sheets luxuriously decorated with gems and glass paste ornaments and has Greek inscriptions on the edges.

Collection of Museum of Vojvodina in Novi Sad

It was discovered together with another gold-plated helmet and horse equipment in 1955 by a woman in the field in Berkasovo village, Srem region, northern Serbia.

Helmets probably belonged to cavalry officers of Roman emperor Licinius, who was defeated in Battle of Cibalae, against emperor Constantine I in 314 or 316 AD.

Together with the third gold-plated helmet from Jarak village is Srem region these pieces are considered to be among the most beautiful Roman helmets ever found.

So far 15 similar helmets have been found all over the ancient Roman world, but these from Serbia are the best preserved. All helmets are categorized to the same type, named after Berkasovo.

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Skull of a Roman legionary slayed with a spear during the Gallic Wars in the first century BC.

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Roman Colosseum is one of the greatest  buildings of the ancient world.

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Armored gloves owned by Maximilian I (1459-1519) who was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death. (Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art).

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Made by the Romans to be used as swimming pools.

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Roman Aqueduct. 1st century Roman Aqueduct in Segovia, Spain.

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Photographer Murat Öztürk captured this stunning scene containing an ant trying to take down a flying wasp.

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Oldest olive oil - The nearly 2,000 year old bottle filled with solidified olive oil from Pompeii (and carbonized bread on the left). Roman, 79 AD.

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Ancient roman lead pipes in Bath, England. Some of them are still in use. 2000 years old.

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A Roman street and pedestrian crossing in Pompeii. The large stones were needed to cross the street during heavy rains, and to avoid excrements, as Pompeii had no sewage system.

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Shoes of a 2000-year-old Roman boy in the ancient city of Palmyra.

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Aspendos Antique Theater (Aspendos Antique Theater) Turkey.

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ROME AQUEDUCT in Segovia, Spain. 1st Century Roman Architecture.

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Mosaic bath ruins. Roman temples Sufetula-Tunisia.

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The Baptistry basin of the Basilica of St.Vitalis in ancient

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It was built in 122 to transport water from Zaghouan to Carthage, which was built under the reign of Emperor Hadrian.

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Newly discovered just outside Verona: an almost entirely intact Roman mosaic villa floor.

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Ancient Roman aquaduct, famous Patara pipeline, Turkey.