#i'm trying to remember that description suetonius gave of augustus and failing terribly lol

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Sorry to barge in your in-box like this but I saw you posted some comment about Roman Empire season 3 (that I will definitively watch because I want more Agrippina content), and I wanted someone's opinion on something. I am surprised by the casting of three blond women to play Agrippina, Drusilla, and Livillia. I have recently heard that blond was badly connoted in Rome because it was not common among Roman but much more among their slave. Meaning that for woman it might be considered improper.

Hi! no problem! :))Hm, Livilla is a brunette and Agrippina is…blonde-ish, but not so much. The only clear blonde one imo is Drusilla. But I never heard about blond being badly connoted in Rome? was it only for women? bc I may be wrong here, but wasn’t Augustus described to have fair hair?@elcctra  if you know anything about this, pls feel free to add.And any case, I don’t think this series was going for 100% historical accuracy. There was quite a few ???? moments there, so if true they probably just decided to ignore that, among other things lool.