enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Caligae - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligae

   Like all Roman footwear, the caliga was flat-soled. It was laced up the center of the foot and onto the top of the ankle. The Spanish scholar Isidore of Seville believed that the name "caliga" derived from the Latin callus ("hard leather"), or else from the fact that the boot was laced or tied on (ligere). Strapwork styles varied from maker to ...

3. Clarks (shoe retailer) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarks_(shoe_retailer)

   The museum displayed some 1,500 shoes as well as related exhibits, describing the development of shoes from Roman times and especially detailing the growth of Clarks shoes and shoemaking in Somerset. [96] In 2002, a charity called the Alfred Gillett Trust was established to care for the archives and collections of C&J Clark Ltd and the Clark ...

4. Mule (shoe) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mule_(shoe)

   The English word mule—ori, [2] and Roman colors—particularly around items dyed with Tyrian purple—could encompass a large range of distinct shades. (The fish's name itself is cognate with the Greek mélas (μέλας), usually intending black.) [3] In any case, the connection to the later use of the name for slippers may have been that the aristocratic calcei—particularly the luxurious ...

5. Carbatina - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbatina

   By the time of the Roman Empire, use was generally restricted to the rural poor [1] although they remained a step up from going barefoot, which by then was a mark of extreme poverty or slavery. [9] Carbatinae were seldom used even by poor Romans by the 3rd century, [ 11 ] by then having been replaced by shoes , slippers , boots , and other ...

6. Calceus - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calceus

   It was secured with crossed thongs or laces. Equivalent to a short boot or high-top shoe, it was lighter than the military caliga but sturdier than slip-on shoes like the soccus and able to easily handle outdoor use. [3] Calcei were considered a distinctive part of the national dress of male Roman citizens, alongside the toga. The combination ...

7. Ancient Roman military clothing - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Roman_military...

   Caligae, heavy-soled military shoes or sandals which were worn by Roman legionary soldiers and auxiliaries throughout the history of the Roman Republic and Empire. The focale , a scarf worn by the Roman legionary to protect the neck from chafing caused by constant contact with the soldier's armor