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  2. Hobnail - Wikipedia

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    Roman hobnails were shoe tacks, a type of clinching nail; the narrowing tip was turned by a last held inside the sole as the nail was driven. So the tip did a U-turn back into the sole, clinching the nail in place. Reconstruction of Ancient Roman caliga

  3. Caligae - Wikipedia

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    Like all Roman footwear, the caliga was flat-soled. It was laced up the center of the foot and onto the top of the ankle. It was laced up the center of the foot and onto the top of the ankle. The Spanish scholar Isidore of Seville believed that the name " caliga " derived from the Latin callus ("hard leather"), or else from the fact that the ...

  4. Cosmetics in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Roman marbled glass piriform unguentarium (front and back) Perfumes were very popular in Ancient Rome. In fact, they were so heavily used that Cicero claimed that, "The right scent for a woman is none at all." [4] They came in liquid, solid and sticky forms and were often created in a maceration process with flowers or herbs and oil. [5]

  5. List of Roman hoards in Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    The list of Roman hoards in Britain comprises significant archaeological hoards of coins, jewellery, precious and scrap metal objects and other valuable items discovered in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) that are associated with period of Romano-British culture when Southern Britain was under the control of the Roman Empire, from AD 43 until about 410, as well as the subsequent ...

  6. Archaeologists uncover golden 'tongues' and 'nails' in ...

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    Archaeologists recently uncovered intriguing artifacts in an excavation in Egypt, including golden "tongues" and "nails," according to the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

  7. Roman commerce - Wikipedia

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    The Roman Market Economy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013. Tomber, R. Indo-Roman Trade: From Pots to Pepper. London: Duckworth, 2008. Vrba, Eric Michael. Ancient German Identity In the Shadow of the Roman Empire: The Impact of Roman Trade and Contact Along the Middle Danube Frontier, 10 BC - AD 166. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2008.

  8. 36 New Ways to Wear a French Manicure - AOL

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    Kiss Power Play Salon Acrylic Nail Kit. Get the nail salon look without the nail salon prices. For almost $9, this Kiss set is equipped with 28 durable nails, gel glue, a mini file, and a manicure ...

  9. History of cosmetics - Wikipedia

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    Cosmetics are also mentioned in the book of Esther, where beauty treatments are described. Both sexes used cosmetics throughout the pre-Islamic Near East, going back to the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, and Iran. [13] Eye makeup in the form of kohl, were used in Persia and what today is Iran from ancient periods. [14]