“His eyes were bright and piercing… his hair a little curled, and...

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Owen McCormick@owen_mccor
40 views Jan 19, 2025 ~1 min read
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“His eyes were bright and piercing… his hair a little curled, and inclining to a yellow colour.” (Suetonius on Augustus)
Would be great to have confirmed aDNA from an early Roman Emperor or aristocrat. I guess they’d be ~35% WSH, mostly R1b-U152 and closest to Northern Italians.
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