I know right....Spartacus atleast tried to show how diverse the Roman Empire was by casting black and middle eastern people (Barca, his faggit lover, Neveah, Black bald teacher guy, bald teacher guy's wife that Gannicus smashed, Mira...I think she's half Korean, she bad as fukk too
). Anyway. Rome conquered half the ancient world and gave citizenship to their colonies afterward, so that logic they use toward Egypt applies more to the Roman Empire, if anything. Eventhough they tried to be diverse with Spartacus, you notice all the wealthy noble landowners from Rome were lily white, unlike the slaves, eventhough history tells us otherwise
Greece was likely multi-cultural too. They looked more like Taylor Lautner. Olive skin. Dark hair. Mediterranean look. Yet they have Gerald Butler and Colin Farrell (two Scottish mofawgas) playing them, eventhough the Greeks ROUTINELY painted themselves darker than their pale demon neighbors to the North. That argument only seems to get used when involves Egypt and Nubia though
Whenever I see phrases like "multicultural", "Mediterranean", and "Arab" being thrown around in historical contexts when it comes to Africans, they are nothing but code words that mean non-black. People play those same code games on the Coli all of the time
We know Africans played a significant role in Roman society beyond slavery, but they always maintain the stance that Rome was a lily white society. I wonder why
For America to be such a liberal society that doesn't see race, we sure as hell make sure all major historical figures are white and the menial players are people of color even if when historically they are black and brown
