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minus-squareTar_AlcaranlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·16 hours agoAlso, from experience, hobnails+natural stone+any wetness=not a fun day.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·16 hours agoBacking that up further, there’s an account in the Siege of Jerusalem of a Roman soldier slipping on the blood-slick stone streets and getting killed because his hobnailed sandals were not playing nice with the terrain.
minus-squareTar_AlcaranlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours agoI’m definitely going to tell that next time when someone slips in the very modern tiled bathrooms during a reenactment event.
Also, from experience, hobnails+natural stone+any wetness=not a fun day.
Backing that up further, there’s an account in the Siege of Jerusalem of a Roman soldier slipping on the blood-slick stone streets and getting killed because his hobnailed sandals were not playing nice with the terrain.
I’m definitely going to tell that next time when someone slips in the very modern tiled bathrooms during a reenactment event.