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Did Romans cut their hair?
The Romans liked their hairs to be of even length. Sometimes the head was shaved, occasionally the eyebrows were even shaved. Aside from cutting hair Roman barbers would also clean and parse the nails of their customer. Barber shops would have special knives that were used for paring the nails.
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Did Roman soldiers shave?
For most of history, it was shaven. This was more of a cultural mean-the Romans wanted to avoid looking “barbarian”, and preferred short “bowl” and “crew cuts”. This also tied on to their admiration for Alexander, who had his army shave, allegedly to avoid having their beards grabbed in battle.
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