2014 Gladiator Sandals

Ancient Rome is an ancient civilization, at first covering only the Apennine Peninsula, and then a huge space from West to East, including Greece, from which it borrowed a lot, both in mythology, culture, art, and clothing. The shoes of the Romans, like the Greeks, were made of leather, usually strapped.

The Roman Empire is a southern country, so the shoes were as open as possible, especially the toes. Shoes reflected the social status of its owner: shoes of consuls, senators, warriors, as well as various options for sandals. In Greece, high strappy boots were called endromis, and the shoes of warriors in Rome were called kalliga, which were strappy sandals with open toes, usually with a closed heel and a height just above the ankle. The sandals of the Roman legionnaires almost completely repeated the calliga sandals, but were usually decorated with copper plaques and reached almost knee-high.

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The model of modern women's sandals, repeating the pattern of the sandals of the Roman legionnaires, is called the "gladiator". Gladiators, that is, prisoners of war or slaves who fought for the pleasure of the emperor and the nobility in the circus arena with wild animals, as well as among themselves. Now you know everything or almost everything about "gladiators" who continue to be fashionable and beloved footwear of women of the XXI century.

Although it should be noted that "gladiators" were already in the twentieth century, in the 70s. Then they went into the shadows a little, but they were remembered. And now they have not left the arena of fashion for many years now. And really, how can you not notice the girl, on whose legs "gladiators". These lightweight, beautiful shoes make you look even more youthful, slender, with a flying gait and slender legs, despite the fact that traditional "gladiators" are flat soles.

If you don't feel very comfortable without a heel, designers offer hybrid shoes, where you can see something from gladiators, but something from simple sandals.