A few days ago, I found myself wondering when people started shaving and how. Sculptures of Roman emperors depict most of them as clean shaven. How did people shave back then?
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Well it turns out anything really sharp can give you a decent shave. Here's someone shaving with what is basically a sharp rock:
And here's someone shaving with a medieval-style razor, the Romans probably had something similar: