Gallic appearance

[tlclark]

Speaking as a person of Scandanavian, Irish/Scottish Celtic and French heritage I have been reading this thread with great interest.

I would love to have some Italian/Greek/E. Mediterranean heritage, but alas...no.

(It struck me that I look more like the Gauls than I do like the Romans, so maybe I should be a barbarian re-enactor!)

I was wondering if we could move the conversation away from genetics and ethnicity (which is largely cultural constructed in many cases) to culture.

What cultural features would have made Gauls stand out from the Romans? For example, I know about the differences in dress, etc., but what about grooming, bearing etc.

For example, S. Italians use gestures more indicative of Greeks than other Italians.

Can we say anything about how their culture affected their appearance?

This is off-the-wall but I'd appreciate any feedback.

Travis