Tronder: "Predominant Phenotype looks to be of the Mediterranean Proper variety, with Alpine and Nordic influences."
I see very few Nordic influences. Most of those people look to be blends of Alpines and Mediterraneans, which is the racial make-up of southern Italy according to Coon. A few Dinarics can be seen as well, but they're infrequent in the south.
Polak: "I did notice some "Ladogan" influence in one of the senators."
That's unlikely since no people of this type have penetrated into southern Italy, and no Uralic genes have been found there. Those influences are probably Cappadocian. Here's what Coon says about that type:
...Cappadocian facial features brought from western Asia by early navigators, including the Etruscans. Associated with this type is a frequent obliquity of the eye slits, which are very long....
Sophia Loren has this appearance:


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