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Dyed and jewel-encrusted sandals (soleae) and shoe boots (calcei) also helped upper-class women feel superior to less fortunate females.
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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Secondly, literary evidence clearly shows that the mullei, which, in contrast to the calcei, did not represent a daily object, were considered as a royal shoe ware.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Sculptural Studies Report 1 2003
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It is noble and impressive, because it is _like_; no antiquated Roman figure in _toga_ and _calcei_, but the representation of the living man.
A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France William Duthie
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