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  2. Shaving - Wikipedia

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    Alexander the Great's shaven image on the Alexander Mosaic, 2nd Century BC Shaving in Vietnam in 1923 Man being shaved with straight razor. Roadside, Kashgar Before the advent of razors, hair was sometimes removed using two shells to pull the hair out or using water and a sharp tool.

  3. Beard tax - Wikipedia

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    To enforce the ban on beards, the tsar empowered police to forcibly and publicly shave those who refused to pay the tax. [2] Resistance to going clean shaven was widespread with many believing that it was a religious requirement for a man to wear a beard, [3] and the Russian Orthodox Church declared being clean-shaven as blasphemous. [4]

  4. Beard - Wikipedia

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    In Ancient Macedonia, during the time of Alexander the Great (r. 336–323 BCE) the custom of smooth shaving was introduced. Alexander strongly promoted shaving during his reign because he believed it looked tidier. Reportedly, Alexander ordered his soldiers to be clean-shaven, fearing that their beards would serve as handles for their enemies ...

  5. Roman hairstyles - Wikipedia

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    Shaving one's beard became popularized and then normalized by General Scipio Africanus and his legions during the time of the Second Punic War. Scipio both sought to emulate the style of Alexander the Great , who shaved to prevent enemy soldiers from grabbing his beard in battle, [ 56 ] as well as to signal to the conservative Roman senate that ...

  6. Alexander the Great - Wikipedia

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    Alexander III of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Aléxandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.

  7. Did Lyle Menendez wear a hair piece? Why it came up in ... - AOL

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    Cooper Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chavez attend the Los Angeles Premiere of Netflix's "Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story" at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood on September 16, 2024.

  8. Military tactics of Alexander the Great - Wikipedia

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    The military tactics of Alexander the Great (356 BC - 323 BC) have been widely regarded as evidence that he was one of the greatest generals in history. During the Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC), won against the Athenian and Theban armies, and the battles of Granicius (334 BC) and of Issus (333 BC), won against the Achaemenid Persian army of Darius III, Alexander employed the so-called "hammer ...

  9. Women furious about Trump’s win start ‘MATGA’ movement ...

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    Women online have taken to filming ghoulish murder-fantasy videos in which they romanticize lacing men's beverages with deadly poison as a justifiable response to fears about abortion rights under ...