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- Caligae (Latin; sg.: caliga) are heavy-soled hobnailed military sandal-boots that were worn as standard issue by Roman legionary foot-soldiers and auxiliaries...
- episcopal sandals are more like loafers than sandals. Liturgical stockings (caligae) are worn under the episcopal sandals and cover the ankle. The sandals...
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- durable footwear, often by workmen and the military. Examples include the caligae of the Roman military, the "ammo boot" in use by the British and Commonwealth...
- legionaries stationed in cooler climates to the north of southern Italy Caligae, heavy-soled military shoes or sandals which were worn by Roman legionary...
- embroidered in gold with double-headed eagles. Clothing in ancient Rome Caligae List of shoe styles Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica...
- Caligula was a Roman Emperor. His name is understood to be derived from Caligae, heavy-soled hobnailed military sandal-boots known for being issued to...
- Calceus. List of shoe styles Clothing in ancient Rome Soccus, Solea, and Caligae Discalced Chrisman (1920), p. 235. Ryan (1998), p. 55. Goldman (1994),...
- Birkenstock sandals, a comfortable and trendy sandal made from cork. Caligae, a heavy-soled classical Roman military shoe or sandal for marching, worn...
- boots. The legionnaires of the Roman Empire wore hobnail boots, called caligae. By the late 1st century the army began to transition into an enclosed...