@Panzercracker Because he did have blonde hair. I don't know about the eye color, but most of the early Roman emperors had either blonde or red hair. Of the first 18 emperors, 9 had blonde or red hair, 5 had grey or white hair due to advanced age wben the took office, 3 we have no records of, and one, Hadrian, had dark hair. Hadrian was notably a Spaniard, and was also the first emperor to wear a beard. So honestly, it's a bit of a misconception. There were a great many blonde and redheaded people in Greece and Rome at this point. In fact, Cleopatra herself might have been a redhead.