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Prairie Gates

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3. There's no evidence in the historical record that a salute of this kind was ever used in Roman culture

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 25, 2025, 11:39 AM

Jan 25

It was invented by Italian fascists in the 1920s and attributed to ancient Rome because they had an ancient Rome fetish.

Il saluto romano is a completely modern fascist gesture.

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"It was a Roman salute." [View all] Swede Jan 25 OP

Akin to saying the Nazi Swatika is really the Hindu religious sacred symbol no_hypocrisy Jan 25 #1

I learned about this right here on DU Mosby Jan 25 #7

Well, the fascists and nazis adapted it from Rome...nt Wounded Bear Jan 25 #2

There's no evidence in the historical record that a salute of this kind was ever used in Roman culture Prairie Gates Jan 25 #3

No, it goes back further then that EX500rider Jan 25 #4

Curious-do you know if these soldiers pounded their hearts first?? riversedge Jan 25 #5

That is the way it has been portrayed in many films EX500rider Jan 25 #6

You mean like so many neo nazis do these days? Think. Again. Jan 25 #9

Sure, but there's no record of it actually being used in ancient Rome Prairie Gates Jan 25 #10

I've always wondered why Nazis got all the infamous credit for that salute Polybius Jan 25 #11

Yeah, sure it was... Think. Again. Jan 25 #8