- The
calceus (pl.: calcei) was the
common upper-class male
footwear of the
Roman Republic and Empire.
Normally made of
leather and hobnailed, it was flat...
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Taxon identifiers Deania calceus Wikidata: Q111223800 Wikispecies:
Deania calcea ADW:
Deania_calcea AFD: Deania_
calceus BOLD: 16877 CoL: 6CG9G EoL: 46560171...
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Medius calceus is a moth of the
family Erebidae first described by
Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is
found in
Nepal (it was
described from the Kathmandu...
- and
Roman Antiquities (1890),
Calceus Harry Thurston Peck,
Harpers Dictionary of
classical Antiquities (1898),
Calceus Harry Thurston Peck,
Harpers Dictionary...
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chiefly distinguished from the
plebs by
their d**** and
ornamented shoes (
calceus patricius). A
common type of
social relation in
ancient Rome was the clientela...
- This name in turn
seems to have
derived from the
classical calceus mulleus ("red
calceus"),
whose color name was
taken from the much-prized red and striped...
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Patrician calceus on the feet of the
Emperor Tiberius (c. 37) Caligae, the
hobnailed sandal-boot of
Roman legionaries (1st cent.)
Equestrian calceus from a...
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itself literally means "to shoe", and
ultimately derives from the
Latin calceus, a type of
footwear that
covered the
ankle and
lower shin -
hence its use...
- and calceātus ("shod"), from calceāre ("to
provide with shoes"), from
calceus ("shoe"), from calx ("heel").
Discalceation means "removal of footwear"...
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including Socrates—preferred to go barefoot. The
ancient Romans considered the
calceus part of
their national dress and used
footwear to
signal class distinctions...
