No a real thing - at least, the “Roman” salute was never used in antiquities. The gesture was created for Italian movies…lots about this in Medium these days. - Tim Ward, Mature Flâneur

Actually, it was a proto-Nazi salute. It was a fascist salute popularized by Benito Mussolini. Mussolini and his band of fascists harkened back to the Roman Empire and embraced the Roman salute. The Nazis, who learned everything they knew from Italian fascists, adapted it to be a straight-arme…
Don’t BS Me, That Was A Nazi Salute
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Tim Ward, Mature Flâneur
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No a real thing - at least, the “Roman” salute was never used in antiquities. The gesture was created for Italian movies…lots about this in Medium these days.
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Written by Tim Ward, Mature Flâneur
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Author, communications expert and publisher of Changemakers Books, Tim is now a full time Mature Flaneur, wandering Europe with Teresa, his beloved wife.
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