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Kess
12-02-2018, 02:14 PM
Which could have been?

Discuss
Kess
12-02-2018, 02:14 PM
In my opninon it was the dinaro-med
Blondie
12-02-2018, 02:23 PM
Mediterranid
Columella
12-02-2018, 02:53 PM
None.
Ancient Romans I guess?

Ancient Romans displayed a wide range of types
This is confirmed both by Archeo sources and portraiture.

Overall they had a short stature for today standards.
Cranium had in - some cases - an archaic tendency Low Headed+ Broad Headed+ Long Headed.
some samples were noticed to be craggier/Robust than Etruscan and other Italic Crania.
Gangrel
12-02-2018, 03:07 PM
Alpine?
Valedictorian
12-02-2018, 03:08 PM
Armenoid?
Kess
12-02-2018, 03:13 PM
Armenoid?

No it can't be I think
gıulıoımpa
12-02-2018, 03:19 PM
Most Roman crania are very spherical, old antropology named some spheroid type crania "Roman Spheroid" after this fact. this kind of cranium is probably closest to an Alpine phenotype,

https://i.ibb.co/806fZWq/romanus.jpg (https://ibb.co/mG62WLk)


seems dinaro alpine and dinaric was common too
LawrenceMartinez
12-02-2018, 03:24 PM
Dinarid, Alpinid and Meds in general, not much different of what they are today I think
Veslan
12-02-2018, 03:35 PM
Patricians: Nordic varieties
Plebeians: Med, Alpine, Dinaric
Kess
12-02-2018, 04:15 PM
Patricians: Nordic varieties
Plebeians: Med, Alpine, Dinaric

What proves patricians are Nordic? Romans were Etruscan and Latin mix.
Seth MacFarlane
12-02-2018, 04:21 PM
In my opninon it is the dinaro-med

+1
Veslan
12-02-2018, 04:55 PM
What proves patricians are Nordic? Romans were Etruscan and Latin mix.

Historical sources. About 329-408 famous Roman patricians were blond or red haired according to Sieglin and Owen. And the vast majority of early Roman emperors were light pigmented:
https://www.theapricity.com/earlson/history/emperors.htm

Etruscan admix was minor, Latin (Indo-European) was predominant.
Kess
12-02-2018, 06:02 PM
Historical sources. About 329-408 famous Roman patricians were blond or red haired according to Sieglin and Owen. And the vast majority of early Roman emperors were light pigmented:
https://www.theapricity.com/earlson/history/emperors.htm

Etruscan admix was minor, Latin (Indo-European) was predominant.


Were they some kind of blonde latins?
Freeroostah
12-02-2018, 06:10 PM
Based on the sculptures Dinaro Alpine and some Med