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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3456929, member: 75937&quot;]<a href="https://mymodernmet.com/womens-shoes-ancient-rome/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mymodernmet.com/womens-shoes-ancient-rome/" rel="nofollow">Ancient Roman woman&#039;s shoe</a>. I like how it has no heel. Sure, in many ways the Romans were cruel and barbaric, but it is good to see there were limits to their cruelty.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]918944[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I probably have a couple hundred Roman coins portraying various goddesses on their reverses, and I thought it would be easy to find one who is clearly wearing shoes. But usually, their feet are not visible under their stola or the feet are rendered as indistinct blobs. But, I found a couple!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s Cybele wearing a shoe:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]918951[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And here&#039;s Artemis wearing knee-high boots!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]918952[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Lets see your coins showing footwear! Extra points for women&#039;s footwear.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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