Well, you're all familiar with the traditional Gladiator sandals which are more like boots and continue up way past the ankles and close to the calves...thankfully these zip up the back!
this navy pair are so strappy and secure acrosss the ankle, that they are definitely reminiscent of gladiators...
as are these brown pair which have that raw unfinished edge...that I want to wear with a toga!
and these burgandy leather, buckled and studded pair with a stacked wooden kitten heal...

Gladiator sandals, as eternal as the city of Rome, SPQR!
Here's a lovely mosaic featuring the Capitoline Wolf with Romulus and Remus and Rome's ever-present acronym: SPQR, Senatus Populusque Romanus ("The Senate and the People of Rome" or "The Senate and Roman People").
