Unique Shaving & Grooming Rituals from History and Around the World
In the German frontiers of ancient Rome lived barbarian tribes who grew some of the fiercest beards in history. The mostly beardless ancient Romans were both afraid of and fascinated by Germanic beards. We learn from the Roman historian Tacitus that it was customary for a young Germanic man to make a vow to never cut his hair or beard until he had killed an enemy.
History - Ancient History in depth: Rome's Greatest Enemies Gallery
Rome's Greatest Enemies : Alaric, leader of the Visigoths, Born c. 360 AD, Died c. 411 AD. Enemy of Rome: Created the Visigoths, a new 'super-tribe' which the Romans found impossible to defeat militarily. In 410 AD, he led the Visigoths to the first sack of Rome in 800 years.
Theory of the Visual Arts
Ixchel, the aged jaguar goddess of midwifery and medicine in ancient Maya culture. According to Mayan mythology, Ixchel was married, but had other lovers. When her husband got very jealous of her, she made herself invisible to him and spent her nights assisting women in childbirth. As protector of mothers and children, she is often depicted as a maiden with a rabbit, a symbol of fertility and abundance.
Visigoths
The Goths were an East Germanic tribe of Scandinavian origin whose two branches, the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths, played an important role in the fall of the Roman Empire and the emergence of Medieval Europe. After the collapse of the western Roman Empire, the Visigoths played a major role in western European affairs for another two and a half centuries. While its influence continued to be felt in small ways in some west European states the Gothic culture largely disappeared in the Middle Ages.
Alaric I - Wikipedia
Alaric I (b. 370 (or 375) – d. 410) was the first King of the Visigoths from 395–410, son (or paternal grandson) of chieftain Rothestes, according to Christian Settipani. Alaric is most famous for his sack of Rome in 410, which marked a decisive event in the decline of the Roman Empire.
