Also, is it even confirmed he was black? I mean Algerian people are not exactly black. Could be wrong though. Don't know if there are any ancient scripts describing him.

[–] vagrantprodigy@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

His father was a Berber, and his mother was Roman if I'm not mistaken. Doesn't sound like he was black.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah you'll see this a lot with Roman history anyone who lived on the continent of Africa has to be black. It's a way of oddly, well I guess whitewashing isn't the exact right term I'm looking for, but oversimplifying I guess history? I've taken the Nuance out of things. Also of diminishing other North African cultures.

[–] vagrantprodigy@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 9 points 1 year ago

It's not just Roman history. It happened recently with the Cleopatra show. Some people can't get their head around the idea that not all Africans are black.

[–] jcg@halubilo.social 4 points 1 year ago

But isn't Roman just a blanket term for a ton of different ethnicities and nationalities?