Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Caliga

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CAL'IGA. The shoe worn by the Roman soldiery of the rank and file, including the centurions, but not the superior officers. (Cic. Att. ii. 3. Justin, xxxviii. 10. Juv. Sat. xvi. 24. Suet. Cal. 52.) It consisted of a close shoe, which entirely covered the foot (see CALIGARIUS; had a thick sole studded with nails (CLAVUS CALIGARIS), and was bound by straps across the instep and round the bottom part of the leg, as represented in the illustration (Caliga/1.1), from the arch of Trajan.

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  Caliga/1.1