Researchers analyzed the footwear fragments using X-rays, which revealed the shoe to be a caligae — Roman military boots. This type of heavy-duty, hobnailed sandal was part of the standard ...

By scouring that trash heap with a compact metal detector, they located the dig’s real treasure—the soldier’s shoe. “Why did we find a boot (actually more of a sandal) of a Roman soldier ...

we noticed to our great surprise a number of imprints that were left by Roman military boots while their owners were walking over the mortar before it had dried.' He estimates the prints were ...

Many were the basic "fell boot" of the Roman military, a simple, high-ankle shoe without decoration. Other shoes found around the base were equipped with "carbatina," the Roman equivalent of Velcro.

Yet boots have been found during excavations of Roman infantry barracks in Germany, and in my mind, a soldier posted to the damp climes of northern Europe would have bought such kit if he’d had ...