Why do Romans today look so different than the Ancient Romans?

Question

Ancient Romans (according to murals, statues, artifacts and the cast of HBO's "Rome" ha ha) were brunette Caucasians with tawny, fairish skin. They did not look Mediterranean.

When I think of someone from Rome today, I think of and see dark skin, dark brunette hair, very dark eyes.

Why is this?

Answer 1

Um, you apparently haven't been to Rome in person have you? There are Romans that have all kinds of different looks. Most do have dark hair and brown eyes, but they're still 'Caucasian'. They don't have dark skin, it's just tan from them being in the sun all the time (since tanning doesn't have a stigma there). So, um, how about taking a trip to somewhere before labeling the people?

And by the way, don't go off TV shows. They're usually, like, not factual.

Answer 2

diverse them have been blonde and blue eyed and progressively entangled with peoples from the section that have been from northern Africa and Arabia that's what you have with the renowned-day Italians with the black hair form of like the Mafia of america with the black hair, yet with the white epidermis and with the muslim temper. The Roman empire began with white and predominately blue eyed peoples from Germanic and Norway and Swedish descent and intermingled with darker skinned peoples that produced the renowned-day Italians with blonde and darkish hair. The Roman empire stretched massively for the duration of Europe and various of the breeding got here as a results of armed forces adult adult males that had stable blonde and blue eyed genes and surpassed them on and grew to grow to be mixed.

Answer 3

centuries of inter-marrying with other cultures in europe once travel was more common. eventually the whole world will start to look the same (many generations from now there will not be any black or white or yellow or brown)

Answer 4

They are not humans>?

Answer 5

I don't know.