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Why did the Romans shave their beards ?

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Why did the Romans shave their beards ?
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01-27-2005, 11:53 PM
It's a long time since I read Bello Gallica, but I seem to remember Caesar saying that the Gauls shaved all the parts of their bodies apart from the hair on their heads and their moustaches.<br>
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Re: Why did the Romans shave their beards ? - by Anonymous - 01-18-2005, 08:24 PM
beards - by Theodosius the Great - 01-18-2005, 08:39 PM
Re: beards - by Uwe Bahr - 01-19-2005, 06:14 AM
Re: beards - by Uwe Bahr - 01-19-2005, 06:26 AM
shaved Europeans - by Carlton Bach - 01-19-2005, 08:18 PM
Re: shaved Europeans - by Anonymous - 01-20-2005, 05:54 AM
Re: shaved Europeans - by Crispvs - 01-21-2005, 12:26 AM
Re: shaved Europeans - by Tarbicus - 01-21-2005, 07:56 AM
short-haired Celt - by Carlton Bach - 01-21-2005, 05:14 PM
Re: short-haired Celt - by Ebusitanus - 01-26-2005, 11:55 AM
Iberians - by Theodosius the Great - 01-26-2005, 12:19 PM
Re: Iberians - by Ebusitanus - 01-27-2005, 10:55 AM
Re: Iberians - by Theodosius the Great - 01-27-2005, 02:59 PM
Re: Iberians - by Crispvs - 01-27-2005, 11:53 PM
celts... - by Arthes - 10-10-2005, 10:36 PM
Spartan hair... - by Arthes - 06-30-2006, 11:47 AM

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