Saxon customs on facial hair, one presumes. Many Germanic peoples of this period wore thick mustaches as a cultural affectation, and depict themselves/are depicted with such.
Fun fact: there’s no Classical Latin word for mustache. The term ‘Gothic Beard’ (‘barbam Gothicam’) is suspected to refer to it.
How do we know what his facial hair would have looked like, though?
Saxon customs on facial hair, one presumes. Many Germanic peoples of this period wore thick mustaches as a cultural affectation, and depict themselves/are depicted with such.
Fun fact: there’s no Classical Latin word for mustache. The term ‘Gothic Beard’ (‘barbam Gothicam’) is suspected to refer to it.