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 nuraghe Genna Maria is an archaeological site in the comune of Villanovaforru, province of South Sardinia.

It is located atop a hill in the Marmilla region. The structure is complex, formed by an original central tower, built in the middle Bronze Age, to which later were added other four towers and a bastion. One of the four towers was subsequently sacrificed during a further intervention, that also saw, presumably, the edification of the mighty external wall of hexagonal shape.

In the early Iron Age in the site developed a new village.

 Nuraghe Genna Maria The nuraghe Genna Maria is an

One of the most famous British legends is that of King Arthur and the sword in the stone.⁣⁣⁣

According to the various versions of the story, the sword could only be pulled out of the stone by the true king of England.⁣⁣⁣

A similar, though much less well-known, story can be found in the Italian region of Tuscany, and has even been suggested by some as the inspiration for the British legend. This is the sword in the stone of San Galgano.⁣⁣⁣

San Galgano is reported to be the first saint whose canonisation was conducted through a formal process by the Church. Consequently, much of the San Galgano’s life is known through the documents of this canonisation process, which was carried out in 1185, just a few years after his death.⁣⁣⁣

 One of the most famous British legends is that of King

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

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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

Ancient Paving of The City of Erice, Sicily.

The handwork of the flagstones is the oldest of Etna's lava stone, and it was made with a point or pin and mallet, by skilled manual operators called stonecutters.

 Ancient Paving of The City of Erice, Sicily. The handwork

It transported water from sources near the village of Islamlar at 680 m over a distance of 22,5 km to Patara at 50 m. The aqueduct comprises five bridges and a stretch of pressurized conduit, an inverted siphon locally known as

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

or Coliseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, is an oval amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy. Built of travertine limestone, tuff, and brick-faced concrete, it was the largest amphitheatre ever built at the time and held 50,000 to 80,000 spectators.

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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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The pyramids of Meroe stand as the last remnants of the great Kingdom of Kush, one of the earliest known civilizations in the Nile region.

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St. Peter's Basilica or the Basilica of San Pietro is the second largest in Rome. It is the most prominent building in the Vatican. It is one of the most important parts of Rome's skyline with its dome. It is the largest church of Christianity. It is built on 23.000 m² land. It has a capacity of 60,000 people.

Architects: Michelangelo, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Raffaello Sanzio,

Architectural styles: Renaissance architecture, Baroque architecture.

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Roman Aqueduct in Segovia, Spain... 1st Century Roman Architecture.

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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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The Pantheon is noteworthy, among all surviving Roman temples, for its remarkably fine state of preservation. The Pantheon was once a pagan temple to all the gods. It had a Greek name. ‘Pan’ means ‘all’ and ‘theon’ means gods.

Built in 27 B.C. by Agrippa and restored by Domitian after the fire of 80 A.D., the Pantheon is the best preserved of all the monuments of ancient Rome. After it had again suffered damage, it was rebuilt in its present form by Hadrian in 130 A.D. The temple is composed of a pronaos leading to a large circular chamber covered by a cupola. In 609 Boniface IV consecrated it as a Christian church, dedicating it to the Virgin and the Martyrs with the name of Sancta Maria Ad Martyres.