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Rome became a slave society. No one has real figures, but perhapa a third of Rome was slaves. Slaves were not dressed destinctly, in part because authorities did not want the slaves to know how numerous they were. They would have been more likekly to be barefoot than other Romans. This would have depended on therir lot in life and work assignment. A contrinutor has sent us an image of a barefoot slave boy. It is a mosaic dated to the 3rd century AD, depicting the month of June. He is working in a kitchen with seasonal products. He writes, "Some authors s think that ancient Romans went barefoot, at least the children. But that was only the case of low condition people and especially of slaves, as in this image."
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