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In this video we explore the history of Rome when it comes to the rise of barbers. We begin with discussions of how barbers were first brought in from Sicily in the 300s BC and soon became so popular that they were found throughout the city. Then we look at ancient roman hair styles for men and hair styles for women over the years. This was at first largely influenced by the Hellenic world but eventually developed its own Roman character. For men we mostly look at the treatment of facial hair and for women we look at their ornate hair styles which peaked in the Flavian period.
Then we turn to Roman barbers to talk about who they were and what their tools were for shaving and cutting hair. This includes ancient roman razors, tweezers, pumice stones, hot metal rods, wax, and chemical concoctions.
Next we turn to the experience of haircuts in ancient Rome by walking you through how they did it in a barber shop. We then conclude with some quotes from Roman history about the experiences of haircuts among the social classes from the poor to the rich and the emperor.
I hope you enjoyed this How They Did It documentary episode about Haircuts and hairstyles in Ancient Rome. Let me know what other aspects of everyday life in ancient Rome you would like to see.
Credits:
Research: Chris Das Neves
Script: Invicta
Art: Beverly Johnson
Editing: Invicta
Music: 8th Mode
Bibliography:
Suetonius, Life of Augustus, Life of Caligula, Life of Nero
Varro, De Re Rustica
Ammianus Marcellinus, History
Martial, Epigrams
Pliny the Elder, Natural History
"Roman Barbers" by The Classical Weekly
Vol. 25, No. 19 (Mar. 21, 1932), pp. 145-148
"Greek and Roman Barbers" by Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. Vol. 2 (1891), pp. 41-56
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