>>521232005
your image is a complete fabrication. first off, those paintings are the fayum mummy portraits, which were created in egypt during the roman period.
second of all, that redditor has no idea and lies through his teeth about "light hair being associated with barbarism". Augustus (former Octavianus) was revered to be handsome and a womanizer and according to Suetonius had dark blonde or light brown hair. the Octavii were equestrians and an aristocratic family with deep roots in rome.