Fresco portrait of Terentius Neo, Pompeii |
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".... Indeed, one cannot doubt that the Ethiopians are scorched by heat of the nearby star, and appear burned even at birth, with their crimped hair and beards; while on the other side of the world there are people with glacial white skin and flowing blonde manes;
As to the intermediate areas, there, a healthy mixture of the two extremes provides fertile lands for every crop, moderate body size and considerable balance even in coloring, .... . "
(Pliny, Naturalis Historia, II, 80)
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