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Wasn't Nero a fat blond? (Original Post) Greyhead Aug 2020 OP
He is in the current incarnation. LastDemocratInSC Aug 2020 #1
For decades, he has been portrayed as a redhead. Aristus Aug 2020 #2
Donnie is so thoroughly incompetent he can't even fiddle during a crisis unblock Aug 2020 #3
Apparently, he was rather Celtic looking. smirkymonkey Aug 2020 #4
He looks like the kid who took the other kids' lunch money The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2020 #5
Like this? True Blue American Aug 2020 #6
Reminds me of the redheaded kid in this movie. Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2020 #8
I doubt that we really know... Wounded Bear Aug 2020 #7
Trump is BALD maxsolomon Aug 2020 #9
Yes, he had scalp reduction surgeries to basically... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2020 #10
Imagine spending this much time getting ready to look like an orange blob. octoberlib Aug 2020 #11
Ugh, and I don't even want to imagine the orange-spray... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2020 #12

Aristus

(66,388 posts)
2. For decades, he has been portrayed as a redhead.
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 03:51 PM
Aug 2020

Likely because his family, the Ahenobarbus ("red beard" ) clan, was known for that trait.

But the ancient primary sources state that his hair was 'light blonde'.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
4. Apparently, he was rather Celtic looking.
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 03:55 PM
Aug 2020

Here is an artist's life-like recreation from a sculpture of him...



Kind of looked like a lepruchaun.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,734 posts)
5. He looks like the kid who took the other kids' lunch money
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 04:01 PM
Aug 2020

and gave them wedgies before stuffing them in their lockers.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,855 posts)
8. Reminds me of the redheaded kid in this movie.
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 05:15 PM
Aug 2020


Lol, I try not to stereotype redheads because I went through a "redhead period" in my childhood. My hair changed from blonde, to red and finally to brown.

Treated great as a "cute blonde kid" to suddenly getting blamed for almost everything by the teachers, who were okay with redheaded minorities being the butt of classmate jokes (but not other minorities).

Edit: Brown hair now, but my beard is YELLOW. I'm such a mutt! (Taking this time away from work to see how it looks as it becomes more full. Doubt that I keep it!)

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)
7. I doubt that we really know...
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 04:43 PM
Aug 2020

making portraits and statues of kings and emperors can be dangerous work.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,855 posts)
10. Yes, he had scalp reduction surgeries to basically...
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 05:34 PM
Aug 2020

... keep pulling the hair from the back of his head toward the front. It's partly why it looks so weird. That hair has a tendency to grow toward the back.

Such a vain asshole.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,855 posts)
12. Ugh, and I don't even want to imagine the orange-spray...
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 05:40 PM
Aug 2020

... process.

Maybe he gets naked and Ivanka does it?

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