[Cronos]

Well, "Romans" depending on the period of history were not exclusively white (except during the early Republican era) - from the time of Marius onwards they did have admixture with Berber peoples and by the time of the Severan dynasty were merged with Semitic peoples.

they weren't aub-Saharan African in general but there were doubtless some citizens from Caracalla's time onwards who had some sub-saharan African blood and even East Asian blood

The black and white dichtomy is daft, the Romans only cared if you were a citizen or not.

[blam]

"The black and white dichtomy is daft, the Romans only cared if you were a citizen or not."

I've read reports that first the Greeks and later the Romans made trips to the Canary Islands to obtain slaves there because the had a Nordic appearance, tall, blonde and White and they were the preferred sex slave.