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I really don't want to know the sources of the claims in this comment. I am skeptical to put it mildly. If one uses a search engine to look up surviving murals
by uniqueid 5y ago
I really don't want to know the sources of the claims in this comment. I am skeptical to put it mildly. If one uses a search engine to look up surviving murals and mosaics from Ancient Rome the faces that pop up bolster the claims in the essay, not this comment.
Edit: Come to think of it, also there were also a few Roman Emperors from North Africa!
- vt85 5y agoBut if you read some actual sources, or historical books, they back up common sense truth. Frescoes are not evidence, not to mention that their paints even can change. I hope people don’t judge our civilization by our art, because it would mean we have met aliens and they all spoke English.
- uniqueid 5y agoI'll stick with mainstream sources.
- legutierr 5y agoCome again? Frescoes are not evidence? You should know that you’re not making a very strong historical argument when part of your argument is “Ignore these primary sources.”
- vt85 5y agoEvidence of what? Show me the black Roman senator, give me his name and we will look at the sources. But you said you really don’t want sources, because Leftism doesn’t work with sources, it works with propaganda.
- greenwich26 5y ago>Edit: Come to think of it, also there were also a few Roman Emperors from North Africa! North Africa, like most of the Mediterranean, was white in Roman times. North Africa is only swarthy today in the aftermath of Arab conquest in the 7th and 8th centuries.
- foldr 5y agoThe historical evidence suggests a range of skin tones in North Africa in ancient times.
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- Mediterraneo10 5y agoThis isn’t remotely true. The Berber-speaking population of North Africa, i.e. the autochtonous population that was living there before the Arab invasion (and, of course, before Roman influence) is generally swarthier than those who can demonstrate pure Arab descent.