updated: 11/01/2006
Ancient Rome has a much less clearly perceived look than ancient Egypt (big on eyeliner, bald heads and braided wigs) so there’s been a wide variety of makeup styles in movie depictions, given coherence (if at all) by hairstyle. This is perhaps hardly surprising since ancient Rome in the movies typically runs from Julius Caesar to the fall of the Western Empire – over 500 years: more than twice the duration of the USA to date.