Historical story

Hair in Ancient Rome:the Giulia hairdo

The "Giulia hairstyle" launched and made famous by the daughter of Emperor Titus. Her hair was curly on the forehead and held in the back in a kind of "donut"

Flavia Giulia Augusta , daughter of Tito, she is remembered above all for her incestuous and tragic relationship with her uncle Domitian (https://www.pilloledistoria.it/9483/storia-antica/incesto-nellantica-roma-domiziano-la-nipote-giulia), but in her short life, this beautiful and unfortunate princess, also had the opportunity to experience lighter and more fun experiences.

For a long time, for example, Giulia dictated the rules in terms of fashion at court and beyond, making herself the most admired and imitated woman in Rome.

Her workhorse was represented by the display of always new and more elaborate hairstyles each time; among the many, one cannot help but mention the one that provided for a cascade of curls (many of them hairpieces) falling over her forehead, while the rest of her hair was carefully twisted and held on the back of her head by a bun.

This look met with great success, so much so that there was not a woman in the city who did not want to show off her "Giulia" hairstyle .