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Roman emperors came from all over the empire, so the diversity is to be expected (e.g. Heliogabalus was from modern Syria, and there's noticeably Philip the Arab)

What is odd here is that it's actually likely overdone, as the "blondies" in roman times were unusual enough that they were explicitly noted as such, e.g. Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix was noted as "his golden head of hair gave him a singular appearance".

We have plenty of colored images from roman times through mosaics.




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