Did the Greeks or Romans ever refer to themselves as “white”?
No, modern ideas of race were a product of the 18/19th century, greeks would have identified with their own city state and the romans would just call themselves romans
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1s62iy/europe_had_normal_diplomatic_relations_with/
One of my favourite answers by u/victoryfanfare