Roman Shoes by Crispianus

[Flavivs Aetivs]

It's a Late Roman source, mentioned (somewhere, I don't know where) in the Theodosian code, and the Justinianic code, but specifically by Lydus in his De Mag. 2.4. Such shoes were called Tzaggia. It's clear he means Tyrian purple but decorated red-purple boots sort of spanned a range of colors, so it's likely it was technically illegal for the range of color but also technically a law widely broken since they weren't necessarily dyed with Tyrian Purple.

I was referring to the Alledale Calcei, they look kind of like the Cothurni on the Argos Museum mosaic.