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2. Caligae - Wikipedia

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   An original caliga found at Qasr Ibrim, Egypt, c. 1st century BC – 1st century AD. Caligae ( sg.: caliga) are heavy-duty, thick-soled openwork boots, with hobnailed soles. They were worn by the lower ranks of Roman cavalrymen and foot-soldiers, and possibly by some centurions. [ 1] A durable association of caligae with the common soldiery is ...

3. Sandal - Wikipedia

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   Grecian sandal, sandals from Greece and Salento (Italy), a (generally flat or low) sole attached to the foot by interlaced straps crossing the toes and instep, and fastening around the ankle. A similar style is sometimes called gladiator sandal. High-heeled sandal, a type of sandal with an elevated heel.

4. Talaria - Wikipedia

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   Talaria. A 19th-century engraving of talaria. The Talaria of Mercury ( Latin: tālāria) or The Winged Sandals of Hermes ( Ancient Greek: πτηνοπέδῑλος, ptēnopédilos or πτερόεντα πέδιλα, pteróenta pédila) are winged sandals, a symbol of the Greek messenger god Hermes ( Roman equivalent Mercury ). They were said to ...

5. Flip-flops - Wikipedia

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   Flip-flops. Flip-flops are a type of light sandal-like shoe, typically worn as a form of casual footwear. They consist of a flat sole held loosely on the foot by a Y-shaped strap known as a toe thong that passes between the first and second toes and around both sides of the foot. This style of footwear has been worn by people of many cultures ...

6. Gladiator - Wikipedia

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   Gladiator. Part of the Zliten mosaic from Libya (Leptis Magna), about 2nd century AD. It shows (left to right) a thraex fighting a murmillo, a hoplomachus standing with another murmillo (who is signaling his defeat to the referee), and one of a matched pair. A gladiator ( Latin: gladiator, "swordsman", from gladius, "sword") was an armed ...

7. Aureus - Wikipedia

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   Aureus. The aureus ( pl. aurei, 'golden', used as a noun) was a gold coin of ancient Rome originally valued at 25 pure silver denarii (sin. denarius ). The aureus was regularly issued from the 1st century BC to the beginning of the 4th century AD, when it was replaced by the solidus. The aureus was about the same size as the denarius, but ...