• Jin@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    Some would say a Roman salute 🫡 So anything else substantial? That can’t be interpreted as something else?

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      5 hours ago

      Italian here, Roman actually.

      The Roman salute has not origin in ancient history.

      It was formalized by Gabriele D’Annunzio, a sick fascist poet and writer, as a salute for his proto-fascist troops with which he occupied Fiume in modern-day Croatia, having been inspired this painting.

      So yea, the roman salute is a fascist salute, invented by a fascist, for a fascist occurrence and to call it roman is a disservice to Rome and history in general.