generally i praise the romans butt then i remember their use of communal ass wipers and i’m like yeah … no. so they probs shaved that to be a little less gross
Ideals are reflected though art, but that doesn’t mean ideals are broadly reflected in reality. I remember I once had a Greek art history class and the professor made the point that the ideal Greek male body was impossible. It depicts the muscular body of a 25 year old man with the genitalia of a 14 year old boy. And yes, there are some unsettling implications about that regarding beauty standards and ancient pedophilia.
That being said, there are ancient sources that remark that Roman men often plucked their body hair. The Roman historian Suetonius wrote that Julius Caesar had much of his body hair plucked. Although I am not sure why Suetonius would know such a personal fact about Julius Caesar, he at least presents the idea of doing so as being fairly normal and accepted. I don’t recall any historical writing about plucking ones ass specifically, but it doesn’t seem plausible.
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How they got rid of their hair is none of your bungwax
I would like to know the scenario that made you think of that question
I mean all the marble statues have clean shaven ass cheeks
I dunno, I’m a 30m and barely have hair on my ass. Pretty smooth lol.
generally i praise the romans butt then i remember their use of communal ass wipers and i’m like yeah … no. so they probs shaved that to be a little less gross
They had Public/pubic barbers for sure
Did romans invent or perfected the art of anal bleaching?
I mean, why would anyone like hairy butt cheeks?
Why would you assume that everyone has hair on their ass in the first place?
How do you put ass hair on a marble statue? Man Leonardo! I don’t think the ass hair is a good look.
Ideals are reflected though art, but that doesn’t mean ideals are broadly reflected in reality. I remember I once had a Greek art history class and the professor made the point that the ideal Greek male body was impossible. It depicts the muscular body of a 25 year old man with the genitalia of a 14 year old boy. And yes, there are some unsettling implications about that regarding beauty standards and ancient pedophilia.
That being said, there are ancient sources that remark that Roman men often plucked their body hair. The Roman historian Suetonius wrote that Julius Caesar had much of his body hair plucked. Although I am not sure why Suetonius would know such a personal fact about Julius Caesar, he at least presents the idea of doing so as being fairly normal and accepted. I don’t recall any historical writing about plucking ones ass specifically, but it doesn’t seem plausible.