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Wulfhere
10-13-2011, 05:49 PM
Augustus

http://i2.listal.com/image/1510078/500full.jpg

Tiberius

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/drama/images/claudius5_gall.jpg

Caligula

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/drama/images/claudius13_gall.jpg

Claudius

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/drama/images/claudius1_gall.jpg

Nero

http://i2.listal.com/image/1320302/600full-i,-claudius-screenshot.jpg

And not forgetting, Johannes-Lucius Picardus

http://www.starwrecked.com/contents/other-parts/Next-Generation-Patrick-Stewart-Captain-Jean-Luc-Picard/I-Claudius-Sejanus-8.jpg
HungAryan
10-13-2011, 05:53 PM
Are you sure they are authentic?
You should have posted sculptures of them, they are much more authentic.
Wulfhere
10-13-2011, 05:55 PM
Are you sure they are authentic?
You should have posted sculptures of them, they are much more authentic.

No, photos are better than sculptures, which might flatter or lie.
HungAryan
10-13-2011, 05:57 PM
No, photos are better than sculptures, which might flatter or lie.

I heavily doubt that Nero looked like this...

http://i2.listal.com/image/1320302/600full-i,-claudius-screenshot.jpg

:rolleyes:

He probably looked more like this:

http://blogs.majic.com/files/2010/04/Nero.jpg
http://www.the-romans.co.uk/gallery3/bigimages/50.nero.jpg
Wulfhere
10-13-2011, 05:59 PM
I heavily doubt that Nero looked like this...

http://i2.listal.com/image/1320302/600full-i,-claudius-screenshot.jpg

:rolleyes:

He probably looked more like this:

http://blogs.majic.com/files/2010/04/Nero.jpg
http://www.the-romans.co.uk/gallery3/bigimages/50.nero.jpg

Well, as I said, take your pick.
research_centre
10-13-2011, 06:07 PM
No, photos are better than sculptures, which might flatter or lie.

The only problem? No cameras at that time so photos are likely equal liars.
Wulfhere
10-13-2011, 06:09 PM
The only problem? No cameras at that time so photos are likely equal liars.

The Romans most certainly did have the camera.
research_centre
10-13-2011, 06:27 PM
The Romans most certainly did have the camera.

I am talking about a contemporary camera not camera obscura.
Wulfhere
10-13-2011, 06:29 PM
I am talking about a contemporary camera not camera obscura.

They didn't have a camera obscura, as far as I know.
research_centre
10-13-2011, 06:31 PM
They didn't have a camera obscura, as far as I know.

What kind of camera are you referring to? Forgive me doing three things at once.
Wulfhere
10-13-2011, 06:32 PM
What kind of camera are you referring to? Forgive me doing three things at once.

Camera just meant "room".
research_centre
10-13-2011, 07:30 PM
Camera just meant "room".

OK :crazy:
MagnaLaurentia
10-13-2011, 10:20 PM
OK :crazy:

http://madmaxine.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/straitjacket-2.jpg
Smeagol
12-15-2013, 03:32 AM
Better pictures.

Augustus:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Statue-Augustus.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Bust_of_augustus.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Augustus_Statue.JPG

Tiberius:

http://www.info-antike.de/tiberius.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-HE1lR1mlb8/S_9S13AqlUI/AAAAAAAACeY/-nT4XQpgHJM/s400/tiberius.jpg

http://www.livius.org/a/1/emperors/tiberius_bm.JPG

Caligula:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3b/Cropped_color_calligula.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Gaius_Caesar_Caligula.jpg

http://webspace.webring.com/people/lg/gaiusulpius/caligula1a.jpg

Claudius:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Claudius_Pio-Clementino_Inv243.jpg

http://elijahkinchspector.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/claudius-bust.jpg

http://historyarchaeology.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/claudius.jpg

Nero:

http://www.livius.org/a/1/emperors/nero_mus_munchen.JPG

http://www.crystalinks.com/nerobust.jpg

http://www.kostyrko.com/images/Nero.jpg
Smeagol
12-15-2013, 03:35 AM
Augustus: Nordid-Dinarid with Alpinid influence

Tiberius: Norid with minor Alpinid admixture

Caligula: Atlanto-Mediterranid with Dinarid tendencies.

Claudius: Dinaricized Atlanto-Mediterranid.

Nero: Alpinid-Borreby with Dinarid influences.
Smaug
12-15-2013, 03:35 AM
The OP couldn't be serious... But coming from a guy who believes in an "independent Mercia"... Everything is possible!
Smeagol
12-15-2013, 07:42 AM
Pigmentation of these Emperors (Except Claudius, who there is no data on):

Augustus
Hair: almost blonde (light brown?) (subflavum) (Suetonius. Aug. 79)
Eyes: grey (glauci) (Pliny. HN. xi)
Skin: between dark, and fair (Suetonius)

Tiberius
Eyes: grey (glauci) (Pliny. HN. xi. 37)
Skin: light (candido) (Suetonius. Tib. 68)

Caligula
Beard: golden (aurea) (Suetonius. Calig. 52)
Skin: white (Suetonius. Calig. 50)

Nero
Hair: almost blonde (light brown?) (subflavum) (Suetonius. Ner. 51)
Eyes: blue (caesis) (Suetonius. Ner. 51)
Skin: radiant (Sen. Y. Apocol)