What's the story behind "shaved sides and back"

>>3160050
>dat accumulated fat at the back of his head
Lol fatass

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Not quite ancient, but a similar haircut was popular in medieval and early modern Ireland

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I think its from Rome. A regular cut (Short on back and sides long on the top) is apparently the hair that roman soldiers had to stop the enemies grabbing their hair and the spread of lice according to the wiki on it (but there are no sources referenced in the wiki so it could be all shit)
>Link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_haircut#Origins

>>3160050
Short back and sides is the patrician haircut, literally

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>>3160050
Franks and Normans cut their hair like that. More comfy for wearing armored helmets and fighting and stuff.

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>>3160468
>>3160475

Romans just wore their hair short all over...or shaved their heads.

>>3160492
Probably varied, I doubt Caesar would have the same as a legionary grunt, I remember that one general was so obsessed with Alexander that he copied his messy hair style.

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Cossacks and Eastern nobility(Especially Poles) used to cut their hair like that.