Hi y'all,
Quick question: we always picture the Romans as white, purely italians but the Empire spanned continents. It must have included arabs/middle-eastern people, nubians, maybe some indians and chinese (merchants obviously) on the fringe?
So, what was the reality? Were there any people in the administration or the army which were not caucasians? Was there anything like roman racism?
I know they had a disdain for what was not roman but it seems it's more cultural than racial