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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 3216828, member: 97383&quot;]Valentinian, I don&#039;t think you&#039;ll find any direct religious link to beards in the early Roman Christian era, however, Constantine I wanted to revive the image of early Roman emperors like Augustus who were clean shaven &amp; didn&#039;t look like Greeks or barbarians. All the Roman emperors who followed the 1st Christian emperor were clean shaven until Julian II, who was a staunch pagan &amp; wore a beard. The following emperor Jovian, returned to the &quot;Christian look&quot; by being clean shaven &amp; this trend lasted until Justinian became emperor. Styles change with the times.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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