Roman Shoes

Campagus

• Campagus/campagi
  Soldiers' shoes, also called campagi militares. In the Edict of Diocletian, these cost 75 denarii.
  • Campagi imperiales
    A shoe, similar to that of the soldiers, worn by emperors in the late empire (e.g., Maximinus and Gallienus) and by Byzantine emperors.

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