lunes, 21 de enero de 2013

Roman Kids Showed Off Status with Shoes

Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer
SEATTLE - Even on the farthest-flung frontiers of the ancient Roman Empire, the footwear made the man ­— and the kid.
Children and infants living in and around Roman military bases around the first century wore shoes that revealed the kids' social status, according to new research presented here Friday (Jan. 4) at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America. The teeny-tiny shoes, some sized for infants, not only reveal that families were part of Roman military life, but also show that children were dressed to match their parent's place in the social hierarchy, said study researcher Elizabeth Greene of the University of Western Ontario.
"The role of dress in expressing status was prominent even for children of the very youngest ages," Greene said.
 http://www.livescience.com/26047-roman-kids-shoes-statues.html

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