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[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I hate it so much how the article calls it "the Roman salute". ROMANS NEVER ACTUALLY USED THAT SALUTE. Romans using it is most likely just something that people made up in 18th century France. IT'S. NOT. ROMAN.

[–] maness300@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why are they saying it is, then?

[–] Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not sure why you got down voted for asking an honest question.

There was a single influential painting from the 1800's depicting three Romans doing the gesture. This lodged in the minds of some people in the early 20th century as the way ancient Romans saluted despite the fact that there wasn't any historical evidence for this, just a painting portraying it.

The situation was a bit like the whole "people eat X number of spiders in their sleep" thing where an innocent falsehood spread like wildfire and was accepted as fact. The idea that Romans saluted that way is still floating around and would probably be more prevalent if the Nazis hadn't adopted the gesture.

[–] maness300@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 2 years ago
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Because fascists lie.

Like, it's an ideological tenet to lie about whatever you need to to achieve your goals.