Shoe / calceus

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Shoe / calceus

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 80

Description

Roman shoe or calceus of leather, fragmentary, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 140 - 160 AD

Use

Shoes are used for both fashion, and practical purposes. They are used to protect the wearers feet from the elements and the hard guard.

Context

Found at Trimontium

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Shoe, Leather
Clothing

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 80

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums of Scotland

Made/Created

Time Period

140-160 CE

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Shoe

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Footwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

lace-up shoes, leather

Web Links and URLs

National Museums Scotland weblink to object , Canmore weblink to Newstead (Trimontium)