Shoe

This leather shoe was found during excavations at the site of the Roman fort of Newstead in Roxburghshire. It is a type known as a calceus, and was worn between 90 and 110 AD.

Leather calceus from Newstead, c. 100 A.D.

A variety of shoes have been found in Roman Britain, included examples where the soles were nailed or stitched to the bottom layers, sandals and one-piece shoes. Surviving where conditions are favourable, they show changing fashions over time.

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Online ID:	000-100-036-788-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland X.FRA 78
Date:	Between 90 and 110 AD c. 100
Material:	Leather; large oval holes for the latchet
Dimensions:	10.50" L
What:	Calceus / shoe
Subject:
Who:	Newstead Collection
Where:	Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
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References:	Clarke, D.V., Breeze, D.J., and Mackay, Ghillean. The Romans in Scotland. An introduction to the collections of the National Museums of Antiquities of Scotland. Edinburgh: National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, 1980, p 37.
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