I've written my thesis on Roman perception of "black" people. I came to the conclusion that Romans viewed ancient Egyptians as black. Other black groups included the Garamantians (had a wealthy kingdom centered around Fezzan), the Mauri and even the Carthaginians. There's enough literary and artistic evidence to back up my claims.
Roman perceptions were both negative and positive. There were no uniform views about black people in the ancient world.
Succesful black Romans include C. Julius Serenus (a wealthy Roman, as proven by a mosaic in his funerary monument), Lusius Quietus (a succesful Roman general who could've become Emperor had Hadrianus not killed him) and Terentius Afer (one of the greatest Roman playwrighters).
My thesis is in Dutch, otherwise I could've just given you the document. To claim ancient Egyptians were white is racist.
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