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      1 year ago

      Caesar, “The war in Gaul”:

      All the Britons […] wear their hair long, and have every part of their body shaved except their head and upper lip.

      (Yes, I know, the image shows a Saxon)

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      Shaving and grooming of facial hair was followed very closely by some pre-modern peoples.