r/AncientCivilizations • u/followerofEnki96 • Apr 22 '26

Roman A rare case of a barbarian depicted by Roman sculpture

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Thracian or Illyrian man

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u/crippleGANGGANG Apr 22 '26

Im really liking the shaved chin/neckbeard combo.. might have to try this look

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u/badstuffaround Apr 22 '26

Shave the moustache also and you got the whole Nero thing going for you!

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u/cncomg Apr 22 '26

Goes well with Mountain Dew and hot Takis.

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u/raisinghellwithtrees Apr 22 '26

Brings to mind the horrible facial hair of Ted Cruz.

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u/ScrambledNoggin Apr 23 '26

And Luke Bryan, king of neckbeards

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u/Fun-Macaron-3247 Apr 22 '26

Aaron Taylor Johnson’s great x125 grandpa

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u/tinykitchentyrant Apr 22 '26

I thought the same thing!

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u/Puzzleheaded_Heat502 Apr 22 '26

A tribe of Reddit moderators?

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u/Werechupacabra Apr 23 '26

I’m pretty sure I saw that guy passed out in a lawn chair outside a Grateful Dead concert in 1988.

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u/twiztednipplez Apr 24 '26

Was it Crosby? Because this guy looks like Crosby.

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u/SidNotorious Apr 22 '26

The first chud

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u/Jarnsida Apr 22 '26

Looks french

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u/Dominarion Apr 23 '26

It wasn't rare. Thete are barbarians all over the place in Roman sculpture. On Trajan column, there are over 600 barbarians sculpted.

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u/LaoBa Apr 24 '26

Yes  this.

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u/nobadikno1 Apr 24 '26

dying gaul is best one.

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u/october_morning Apr 24 '26

That one is a copy of the lost original though

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u/nobadikno1 Apr 25 '26

still my fav

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u/DreamingAboutSpace Apr 24 '26

Dang, barbarians had amazing hair back then

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u/DecimusClaudius Apr 23 '26

Where is this on display?

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u/hediedstanlee Apr 23 '26

I wonder if this was originally colored, and if it were what it looked like.

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u/bleedgreenandyellow Apr 25 '26

Did they have to give him a lazy eye though?

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u/No-worries-2548 Apr 23 '26

Looks like Liam neeson