I'm a big fan of Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the best seller "The Black Swan", philosopher and all-around cool guy. I stumbled upon this article he wrote about the Mediterranean ethnicity, and he uses statuary and a gold aureus from the Severan period to make his point.
https://medium.com/east-med-project...43779209eea4Worth checking out for those of you interested in the topic or anything related to the Severans.