At what point in history did it become common for an individual to understand what they looked like?

by Domers_

For example, when did mirrors become commonplace? Did clear differences exist between members of different classes?

Alkibiades415

Mirrors have been around since the third millennium BCE, if not earlier. Polished bronze mirrors are quite common artifacts in Egypt, the Near East, Greece, and Rome. Here is a cool one from Egypt. And before the technology existed for polished bronze, there were of course other reflective surfaces, like...water.