The straight-arm gesture was first popularized by the Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini. There’s no evidence of a ...

A gesture associated with the Nazis has a surprising history. But in Germany, there was little doubt about its meaning.

Winkler, who wrote a book about the salute. There is no Roman art, writing, or coins that display the gesture, according to Winkler. "The gesture of the raised right arm or hand in Roman and other ...

Monday’s inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States was a historic yet controversial ceremony ...

This was not a fascist gesture, they insisted, but a “Roman salute”. Several posted scenes from the 2005-07 TV series Rome, which depicts Roman salutes, as evidence in support of their claim.

The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX ignited controversy when he made an apparent Nazi salute during President Trump's second ...

Some tried to defend Musk's salute as 'Roman.' That's not a thing. Some ran to Musk’s defense, saying what he did was “a Roman salute,” like the kind of thing you’d see in a gladiator movie.

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In an effort to defend, or deny the nature of, Musk's gesture, many have said that the gesture was a "Roman salute," not a Nazi Salute. However, when tracing roots of both the Roman and Nazi ...

This was not a fascist gesture, they insisted, but a“Roman salute”. Several posted scenes from the 2005-07 TV series Rome , which depicts Roman salutes, as evidence in support of their claim.

This was not a fascist gesture, they insisted, but a “Roman salute”. Several posted scenes from the 2005-07 TV series Rome, which depicts Roman salutes, as evidence in support of their claim. But what ...