TORONTO CHIROPODIST FROM ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS SHARES A FUN SHOE FACT
posted: Feb. 21, 2014.
WHAT WAS THE NAME GIVEN TO THE MILITARY SANDAL USED BY THE ROMANS?
" 'CALIGA' THE CALIGA EXPOSED THE TOES AND HAD A LATTICE-PATTERENED UPPER, FRONT LACING AND A HEAVILY NAILED SOLE. THE SOLE CONSISTED OF THREE OR FOUR LAYERS OV VEGETABLE TANNED CATTLE HIDE. OTHER STYLES INCLUDED THE 'CALCEUS' AND THE 'GALLICA', BOTH WITH A CLOSED TOE -- A STYLE MORE SUITED TO SERVICE IN NORTHERN CLIMATES SUCH AS IN BRITAIN."