Showing posts with label Roman Scandals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roman Scandals. Show all posts

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Hair Hoppers of Antiquity, No. 3


Meet Ptolemy Jherimanicus.  He was a scribe in the Temple of Isis and a part-time cosmetologist.  It's a little-known fact that that same chemicals that produced his luxurious curls were used in the process of mummification.  Which explains a lot.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Hair Hoppers of Antiquity, No. 2


Ludica Germanica Tacita, chief wardress of the Women's Baths, Capri.  Sometimes a saucy updo is all it takes to soften even the harshest physiognomy.  And sometimes it would take a whole lot more, but she did what she could with what she had, poor thing...

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Hair Hoppers of Antiquity, No. 1


Agrippina Augusta Livia, chantress in the Temple of the Virgins (until that one Saturnalia party in Ostia, after which nothing was ever quite the same again...).