Their sandals were strong and light with studs or hobnails in the soles to help them survive miles of marching.
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Singular caliga are heavy soled hobnailed military boots known for being issued to roman legionary soldiers and auxiliaries throughout the roman republic and empire.
Caliga comes from the latin callus meaning hard as hobnails were hammered into hard leather soles before being sewn onto a softer leather lattice.
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Weapons will only be needed in times of war but the boot is needed every single day.
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As the empire expanded however supplies to the outposts from rome became impractical.
He distinctive footwear most identfied with the roman soldier was the sandal called the caligae but there were other types also.
Caliga had extra thick soles and were studded with hobnails.
Earlier legionaries wore the caligae open sandal like boots that had thick soles held together with hobnails.
In armies throughout the ages the marching boot has been a prized possession.
The spikes or nails in the bottom of the shoes caused them to dig into the ground so that they would not slip and fall during the fight.
Roman troops were famous for marching long distances very quickly.
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Better shod armies travelled further across rougher terrain.
Caligae singular caliga were heavy duty thick soled openwork boots with hobnailed soles.
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The other thing these sandals provided was traction.
Regular soldiers had shoes called campagi militaresand the well ventilated marching boot caliga with the diminutive caligulaused as a nickname for the 3rd roman emperor.
Footwear played a major role in the development of the roman civilization.
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They were worn by the lower ranks of roman cavalrymen and foot soldiers and possibly by some centurions.