02-13-2017, 03:05 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-13-2017, 03:25 PM by Crispianus.)
(02-13-2017, 01:15 PM)Flavivs Aetivs Wrote: Caligae of some form are in use until the 5th century AD or later.
I didn't say they weren't Caligae, just not Caliga of an earlier form, for all we know they called "Allendales" a shoe found on military sites and worn by men, Caliga as well.... Allendales come in several forms of construction Carbatina, "Caligae" and Calcei all known from archaeology, found on many sites and were popular from the last quarter of the 1st century.
This represention lacks the tabs and seperate straps of the earlier "Caliga" to be sure its simpler then most surviving Allendales but clearly has the features of some types, its not the exception on the metopes:
Both are left feet:
http://www.leg8.com/wp-content/uploads/2...10x609.jpg
The popularity has wained by the end of the 1st quarter of the 2nd century, but the some of the design features are incorporated into new designs which take their place, weapons and armour continually develope and change over time, shoes are no different in this regard.....
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
