The Romans spoke Latin, but it wasn’t the Classical Latin language that it taught in schools and universities today. Over time they developed into completely separate languages. In the Eastern Roman Empire, based around Constantinople, by the 4th century, the official language was Greek and not Latin.

When the Catholic Church gained influence in ancient Rome, Latin became the official language of the sprawling Roman Empire. Latin is now considered a dead language, meaning it’s still used in specific contexts, but does not have any native speakers.

The modern Romance languages developed from the spoken Latin of various parts of the Roman Empire. During the Middle Ages and until comparatively recent times, Latin was the language most widely used in the West for scholarly and literary purposes.

The original Romans spoke Latin, many people became Latin as well and Latin became their native language, half the empire spoke Greek and most people spoke neither Latin nor Greek except for what they had learnt for official affairs.

Latin essentially “died out” with the fall of the Roman Empire, but in reality, it transformed — first into a simplified version of itself called Vulgar Latin, and then gradually into the Romance languages: Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian. Thus, Classical Latin fell out of use.

Some Japanese are albino and they have blonde color hair and gray color eyes with a very white skin. Mixed couples with Europeans may grow adult with blonde color hair and green eyes. Black mixed with Japanese will usually have light dark skin with curly hair.

Rather than featuring one shade over all, dirty blonde is more tonal and blended. “It’s not a bright, white, clean blonde. It’s a darker blonde with a bit of a root. It’s a bit more rock ‘n’ roll.” Speaking of, “natural hair will always get slightly lighter towards the ends,” Hersheson explains.

Having blond hair in Japan means sticking out all the time. It means getting a lot of lingering looks, and sometimes outright stares. If you are younger it means frequently being told by elderly women that you look like a doll (I don’t get that so much anymore now that I’m middle aged).

Blonde people are pretty exotic in Japan, since they’re the caucasians that look most drastically different from an Asian, and their light skin plays into centuries-old Asian preferences for lighter skin tone (which comes from the idea that rich people don’t have to work in the fields, and therefore don’t get as tanned …

Not quite a true red, but not a beach blonde either, strawberry blonde is a hybrid of the two. While it’s naturally flattering to fair skin and light eyes, these celebrities prove it looks stunning on just about anyone.

Brown continues to be a common hair color in Japan. A small percentage of Japanese have naturally brown hair. Students all claimed their hair color was natural. Japanese parents often support their child’s right to change their hair color. Some schools backed down.

It’s not uncommon for women with dyed jet black hair to get bored with their hair color. ‘It’s a gorgeous, deep color which reflects light well, however it can also be considered a depressing color. Your eyebrows do not need to be the same color as your new hair color.

Naturally curly hair is uncommon in Japan but it probably won’t affect the way you’re received, aside from a friendly comment or two.

Many Japanese do have black straight hair, yes. However there are plenty of Japanese people with naturally wavy hair and sometimes with reddish or brown tints that are also perfectly natural for them . There was a ridiculous case a few years ago where a school forced a girl who had naturally brown hair to dye it black.

The ostensible reason for the rule is that almost all Japanese people have naturally black hair, and so they’ll only have non-black hair if they’ve chosen to dye it a different color.

Most Japanese people are in the general dark-brown eye color group but some Japanese people may naturally have medium to lighter brown eyes. Also, certain genetic/congenital conditions, like albinism, may reduce melanin and produce very pale blue or pinkish eyes.

Contrary to popular belief, true black eyes do not exist. Some people with a lot of melanin in their eyes might appear to have black eyes depending on the lighting conditions. This is not truly black, however, but simply a very dark brown.

Violet Eyes This color is most often found in people with albinism. It is said that you cannot truly have violet eyes without albinism. Mix a lack of pigment with the red from light reflecting off of blood vessels in the eyes, and you get this beautiful violet!

Newborns often have gray eyes that later change color This is because eye color depends on melanin, which is secreted by cells called melanocytes. As a baby ages, the melanocytes begin responding to light and secrete more melanin which often makes a baby’s eyes grow darker.

Gray eyes are most common in Northern and Eastern Europe. Scientists think gray eyes have even less melanin than blue eyes.