Physical Descriptions of Late Roman Emperors and Empresses

Catalogue of written descriptions of the bodies of Roman emperors and empresses between the 3rd and the 8th centuries CE.

Additional information:
The catalogue includes a number of descriptions of emperors and empresses that lived prior to the 3rd century: Such descriptions have only been included where they appear in sources from the Late Roman period that offer physical descriptions of emperors as a standard feature (Scriptores Historiae Augustae, John Malalas).