Replica Diplomas?

[Spedius]

Hi Spedius,
Bought some fine Italian wool fabric for experimenting with tunic pleats, and have a massive piece of linen which I think I should make a subarmalis from. Aside from that, I'm looking at this shoe (the enclosed top one) and eyeing up the leather I have, especially after Martin's fantastic How To on caligae...
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Ave Tarbicus,

Was it Caesar or Marius who added a heel to the caligae? This was all about the marching posture and angles of the foot?

They were studded too, weren't they? Were the studs arranged into any uniform pattern as a form of unit identification?

Back in my youth, I spent seven years in the Welsh Guards and IIRC, we had a distinctive stud arrangement pattern which was unique to our regiment.

Vale

M. Spedius Corbulo