Better shod armies travelled further across rougher terrain.
Ancient roman soldier sandals.
Footwear played a major role in the development of the roman civilization.
He distinctive footwear most identfied with the roman soldier was the sandal called the caligae but there were other types also.
Caliga comes from the latin callus meaning hard as hobnails were hammered into hard leather soles before being sewn onto a softer leather lattice.
Caligae singular caliga were heavy duty thick soled openwork boots with hobnailed soles.
Roman sandal and shoe making and vegetable tanning van driel murray 2007 were therefore introduced to the conquered.
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They were worn by the lower ranks of roman cavalrymen and foot soldiers and possibly by some centurions.
Impressively formed with perfectly crafted anatomical details.
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As the empire expanded however supplies to the outposts from rome became impractical.