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> No, that the mixing was a product of the Roman Empire and its decay.

Building an empire full of roads causes populations to mix, and the Mediterranean is one of the most temperate seas on earth. Before the end of the Roman Empire, you more or less expect people on one coast to look pretty similar to people a few cities away up the coastline or across on the nearby islands or whatever. It's not strange that Romans would look Italian because that's what happens. People didn't spring out of the soil, fully formed.

> dangers of miscegenation

I fail to see a real danger except that a soft-bellied aristocracy (good luck bringing back kings) let itself get eaten some time after the empire split in half.