🪷 #WorldBeardDay After #Hadrian, his chosen heirs all had beards. #LuciusAelius, #AntoninusPius, #LuciusVerus, #MarcusAurelius and #Commodus. 🪷
🪷 #WorldBeardDay: Hand-picked by #Hadrian as successor, #AntoninusPius lavished vast sums on #Antinous art and temples. When bearded #Hadrian became emperor of Rome, every style-conscious man in Rome had a beard. The first Saturday of September is World Beard Day #BeardDay 🪷
🪷 #WorldBeardDay A beard makes the #Eleusis #Antinous statue look more solemn than ever. The first Saturday of September is World Beard Day ... Día Mundial de la Barba ... Dia Barba do Mundo ... No ancient portrait of #Antinoos shows him with facial hair. But thanks to apps, we can imagine how he might have looked with a beard. Happy #BeardDay. 🪷
🪷 Happy World Beard Day ... First Saturday in September. Beard Day image courtesy Cássio CotrimII, based on the #Antinous #AgathoDaimon statue in the #AltesMuseum, Berlin. #BeardDay #WorldBeardDay 🪷
🪷 Happy World Beard Day ... Día Mundial de la Barba ... Dia Barba do Mundo. First Saturday in September. Beard Day image courtesy Cássio CotrimII. #Lansdowne #Antinous / #Dionysus The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England. #WorldBeardDay #BeardDay 🪷
🪷 #WorldBeardDay After bearded #Hadrian became emperor of Rome, every style-conscious man in Rome had a beard, as did all of his successors for the next two generations. The first Saturday of September is World Beard Day #BeardDay 🪷

Happy World Beard Day!

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Today is World Beard Day 2025. I refer you to this post by Keith Flett, Spokesbeard of the Beard Liberation Front for further information about this important annual celebration:

https://kmflett.wordpress.com/2025/09/06/world-beard-day-beards-have-changed-the-world-2/

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A special multiparter on History's Greatest Beards for bushy-bearded and clean-shaven fans of #TheRestIsHistory podcast! 🎅

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Link to Episode 1 on #ApplePodcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/historys-greatest-beards-from-egyptian-queens-to-medieval/id1537788786?i=1000668632822

History's Greatest Beards: From Egyptian Queens to Medieval Conquerors (Part 1)

What did Marcus Aurelius, Jesus, and Ragnar Lothbrok all have in common? Apart from their notorious and symbolic deaths, all three men boasted luscious beards.

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