(Image above: a marble bust of Memnon, an ‘Ethiopian’ (what we would call ‘black’) student & adopted son of Herodes Atticus. From Atticus’ Villa (Arcadia, Greece). 1st c. CE. Currently in the Staatliches Museum, Berlin. SK-1503. (CC-BY-SA-4.0). In movies, tv, and other media, ancient Greeks and Romans are regularly portrayed as ‘white’ people. But were

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