Caligae

[Martin Moser]

I have recently heard that roman soldiers in Britain did not wear caligae by the second half of the first century CE and that no caligae were found there from this period. Instead Romans are said to have been wearing kind of boots that keep the whole foot covered. Is that true?

No, that is not true. As noted above, the term caliga can mean different things at different times, but going by the common definition/usage (also here in this forum) of a 3-layered, openwork shoe, typically worn by Roman soldiers in the 1st cent AD and displayed on various grave stones, reliefs etc. of that period, there definitely are finds from at least one site in Britain which are dated to the second half of the 1st cent AD as per:
Driel-Murray, C. van: The Leatherwork from the Fort. in Cool, H.E.M. and Philo, C.: Roman Castleford Excavations 1974-85. Volume I: The Small Finds, Yorkshire Archaeology 4, Wakefield 1998. 285-303

For my reconstruction of that type see http://sutor.jimdo.com/1st-century-ad/caligae/ (top 3 pics especially) or https://www.facebook.com/leatherworkthro...7312649355 and several other posts at https://www.facebook.com/leatherworkthroughtheages/

Note: this doesn't mean that they'd worn those exclusively or predominantly, just that these caligae were still around.