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LIBER VII · CAPUT 59

WHEN BARBERS WERE FIRST EMPLOYED

WHEN BARBERS WERE FIRST EMPLOYED. Complete modern editorial illustration created specifically for this chapter.
WHEN BARBERS WERE FIRST EMPLOYED · EDITORIAL PLATE VII.59 · modern editorial plate
WHEN BARBERS WERE FIRST EMPLOYED. Complete modern editorial illustration created specifically for this chapter.

Latine · Mayhoff 1906

Sequens gentium consensus in tonsoribus fuit, sed Romanis tardior. in Italiam ex Sicilia venere post Romam conditam anno CCCCLIIII adducente P. Titinio Mena, ut auctor est Varro; antea intonsi fuere. primus omnium radi cotidie instituit Africanus sequens; Divus Augustus cultris semper usus est.

English · Bostock & Riley 1855–57

The next point upon which all nations appear to have agreed, was the employment of barbers. The Romans, however, were more tardy in the adoption of their services. According to Varro, they were introduced into Italy from Sicily, in the year of Rome 454, having been brought over by P. Titinius Mena: before which time the Romans did not cut the hair. The younger Africanus was the first who adopted the custom of shaving every day. The late Emperor Augustus always made use of razors.