dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoArchaeologists Keep Finding Massive Shoes at an Ancient Roman Fort—and They Have No Idea Why They're So Bigwww.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down12
arrow-up194arrow-down1external-linkArchaeologists Keep Finding Massive Shoes at an Ancient Roman Fort—and They Have No Idea Why They're So Bigwww.smithsonianmag.comdantheclamman@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square63fedilink
minus-squareTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·2 months agoI mean … maybe they had to keep some uniforms there for new recruits. and the biggest sandals rarely got used and got left behind when Rome abandoned the isles ?
minus-squareCatoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoWeren’t they expected to provide their own equipment unless they were at least a certain rank?
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoNew recruits were provided basic equipment, and the cost was deducted from their pay. Sandals would fall under this for sure.
I mean … maybe they had to keep some uniforms there for new recruits. and the biggest sandals rarely got used and got left behind when Rome abandoned the isles ?
Weren’t they expected to provide their own equipment unless they were at least a certain rank?
New recruits were provided basic equipment, and the cost was deducted from their pay. Sandals would fall under this for sure.