The Yodotai were short and hardy people, with olive-tan skins and dark hair that could be either curly or straight. Their facial hair was sparse and they preferred to keep it shaved. Yodotai civilians dressed in togas, cotton for common folk, silk for nobility, and wore sandals. They were a very clean people, maintaining public baths in all their cities and washing daily. They ate red meat and their favorite drink was vinum.