Aristotle described them as "the perfect race" as they weren't white as Nordics but not dark as Egyptians

The ancient Greeks and Romans were known to have white/olive skin with brown/black hair. The Greeks used to bleach their hair to look lighter, and the Roman women used to bleach their skin or put articial cremes (sorry forgot the name they used) to make their skin look whiter. They had long heads and were naturally shorter than Nordics. The average height for a Roman was 5'6. The Romans and the Greeks used to imagine their Gods and Goddesses as blonde and blue eyed, as that was seen as a rare color in Ancient Greece and Rome. Of course thats not to say there werent any blondes. Aristotle described them as "the perfect race" as they weren't white as Nordics but not dark as Egyptians therefore having the "perfect" complexion. Pretty much they looked Mediterenean/Caucasian and they had that 'Mediterenean look' same like today.

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