At the playground, archaeologists found several ancient Roman waste pits, including one with shoe fragments, officials said.

Archaeologists identified the artifact as a caligae, a marching boot worn in the Roman military. Caligae sandals were made of leather and nails, Bettina Tremmel, a Roman archaeologist with the ...

Caligae were designed to protect soldiers from blisters and trench foot. This footwear typically had a thick sole consisting of several layers of goat, sheep, or cow skin. It was also studded with ...