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The Gallo-Romans wore various versions of flat shoes with rounded toes. The most popular were ordinary sandals for men and women based on Roman models.

The gallica was a closed shoe with a wooden sole and was the ancestor of the galoshes (a later overshoe with a wooden sole).

An 11th-century monument to a shoemaker confirms the existence of the shoemaker’s industry and the respect these artisans enjoyed.

22. Mosaics from the churches of Saint Vital and Saint Apollinaire in Classe de Ravenne. Around 547 AD. The Emperor Justinien and his servents.