Caliga comes from the latin callus meaning hard as hobnails were hammered into hard leather soles before being sewn onto a softer leather lattice.
Ancient roman soldier sandals.
Better shod armies travelled further across rougher terrain.
Roman sandals consisted of a leather sole attached to the foot with interlacing thongs.
Roman sandal and shoe making and vegetable tanning van driel murray 2007 were therefore introduced to the conquered.
He distinctive footwear most identfied with the roman soldier was the sandal called the caligae but there were other types also.
Mr5yxt rm a monumental sandal clad foot a fine copy from the 19th century patterned after roman models double life size foot designed as a fragment of a gigantic emperor s or general s statue.
As the empire expanded however supplies to the outposts from rome became impractical.
Impressively formed with perfectly crafted anatomical details.
They were worn by the lower ranks of roman cavalrymen and foot soldiers and possibly by some centurions.
There were also house sandals or soleae to wear when roman citizens were dressed in tunica and stola soleae were thought inappropriate for wear with togas or palla.
Footwear played a major role in the development of the roman civilization.