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Depilation in Rome

Body-hair removal was practiced in Roman society: wealthy people could use tweezers, depilatory mixtures, and assistance from attendants. Ancient satirists mention specialists who plucked hair, including from armpits. It was not a straightforward universal fashion among all aristocrats, however; attitudes to male depilation varied and could be mocked. [1–3]

AI-згенерована синтетична бонусна ілюстрація давніх інструментів, не зображення конкретної знахідки. Prompt: “Museum-style editorial illustration of Roman grooming tools from around the first centuries CE: bronze tweezers, strigil, and small mirror on a neutral surface, with a discreet bathhouse mosaic pattern in background. Historically grounded, no modern tools, no people, no readable text, warm archaeological catalog style.”

AI-згенерована синтетична бонусна ілюстрація давніх інструментів, не зображення конкретної знахідки. Prompt: “Museum-style editorial illustration of Roman grooming tools from around the first centuries CE: bronze tweezers, strigil, and small mirror on a neutral surface, with a discreet bathhouse mosaic pattern in background. Historically grounded, no modern tools, no people, no readable text, warm archaeological catalog style.”