What Did the Romans Really Look Like?
The current trend is to downplay the influence of white people on the events of the past in favor of an understanding of history that's more ethnically and racially diverse. To that end some scholars have argued against equating the Romans with concepts of "whiteness" pointing out, not incorrectly, that the Rome Empire at its peak was a melting pot of ethnicities.
However, to acknowledge that racial and ethnic diversity existed in the Roman Empire does not demonstrate that white people were not preponderant. In fact, the Romans left proof of their racial identity in the form of the statues they made.
In this fascinating video Roman statues morph into real people through the magic of AI and give us a glimpse into what the Romans really looked like.
