09-09-2015, 04:34 PM
Scroll down in this BBC article to a surprising paragraph and photo of Roman army hobnails
Hundreds of Roman shoe nails have emerged from the ice too.
"That is really interesting," says Grosjean. "Each shoe nail has a kind of a bar code, showing the year it was made, where it was made, and whether these shoes were used for military troops for the Roman army, or for civilian shoes."
The coming of the glacier men
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34184564
Hundreds of Roman shoe nails have emerged from the ice too.
"That is really interesting," says Grosjean. "Each shoe nail has a kind of a bar code, showing the year it was made, where it was made, and whether these shoes were used for military troops for the Roman army, or for civilian shoes."
The coming of the glacier men
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34184564
Richard Campbell
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia
RAT member #6?
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia
RAT member #6?