> There also wasn't much mixing of isolated populations of humans, leading to a relatively large amount of inbreeding. The genetics of Rome's population at the

> There also wasn't much mixing of isolated populations of humans, leading to a relatively large amount of inbreeding. The genetics of Rome's population at the beginning of the Common Era were almost identical to that of Anatolia's, but just after Antony this began to change significantly due to the migrations that followed the Roman Empire's expansion: https://news.stanford.edu/2019/11/07/genetic-history-rome/ https://news.stanford.edu/2019/11/07/genetic-history-rome/