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calceo
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thumb|right|250px|A AD statue of the list of Roman emperors|emperor [[Tiberius recovered from a theater at Herculaneum. Depicted performing a religious ritual with his toga pulled over his head, the emperor is shown wearing the of the patrician class.]] thumb|right|250px|Calcei in a Ancient Roman painting|Roman fresco from [[Paestum, in southern Italy]] The calceus (: calcei) was the common upper-class male footwear of the Roman Republic and Empire. Normally made of leather and hobnailed, it was flat soled and typically reached the lower shin, entirely covering the foot and ankle. It was secur
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- 0073 - Museo archeologico di Milano - Bambino togato. Calzatura. Sec. I d.C. - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto, 13 Mar 2012.jpg
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- Calceus
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- Pauly–Wissowa
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Article · Italiano
Il calceus (pl. calcei, derivato da calx - "calcagno") era la calzatura unisex in cuoio utilizzata dai romani nella loro quotidianità al di fuori della casa. Per l'uomo romano di rango senatorio, il calceus era parte imprescindibile delle vestis forensis tanto quanto la toga.Era una tipologia di scarpa alta, chiusa sul davanti per tramite di un doppio paio di corregge.
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