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2. Soccus - Wikipedia

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   A comedic actor in socci [1]. A soccus (pl. socci) or sýkkhos (Ancient Greek: σύκχος, pl. sýkkhoi), sometimes given in translation as a slipper, was a loosely fitting slip-on shoe [2] in Ancient Greece and Rome with a leather sole and separate leather, bound without the use of hobnails.

3. Buskin - Wikipedia

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   The word buskin, only recorded in English since 1503 meaning "half boot", is of unknown origin, perhaps from Old French brousequin (in modern French brodequin) or directly from its Middle Dutch model brosekin "small leather boot". A high-heeled buskin (Greek kothornos (Greek: κόθορνος) or Latin cothurnus) was worn by Athenian tragic ...

4. Sandal - Wikipedia

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   Barefoot sandals, footwear with the appearance of sandals but lacking a sole. Birkenstock sandals, a comfortable and trendy sandal made from cork. Caligae, a heavy-soled classical Roman military shoe or sandal for marching, worn by all ranks up to and including centurion; Carbatina, open footwear worn in ancient Greece, Italy and the Middle East

5. Calceus - Wikipedia

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   By the mid-imperial period, this was probably made of black leather. [ 13 ] The "turned calceus" ( New Latin calceus repandus ) was an unrelated pointy-toed unisex Etruscan form of footwear, which received its name from a passage in Cicero where he references Juno Sospita 's calceoli , "little calceus-like shoes".

6. Carbatina - Wikipedia

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   The usual Greek carbatina was a single piece of rawhide [2] with the outer edge cut into thongs or having holes for thongs to be inserted. It was worn by stepping onto the open hide, pulling the sides up over the foot, and tying the thongs together to secure it. [ 7 ]

7. Rhodopis - Wikipedia

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   Pair of ancient sandals from Egypt, made of vegetable fiber "Rhodopis" (Ancient Greek: Ῥοδῶπις, romanized: Rhodôpis, lit. 'rosy-faced'; Ancient Greek pronunciation: [r̥odɔ̂ːpis]) is an ancient tale about a Greek slave girl who marries the king of Egypt.