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The Roman salute, with the arm extended and palm down, was used in ancient Rome.

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Is it true that the Roman salute, with the arm extended and palm down, was used in ancient Rome?

No. A Wikipedia reference and a scholarly book on the salute both state the raised-arm 'Roman salute' is a pseudohistorical misnomer with no attestation in Roman literature or art, tracing it instead to 18th-20th century culture. A 1933 newspaper report shows the gesture in use as Mussolini's fascist salute, not as an ancient Roman custom.

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Roman salute - Wikipedia
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Roman salute - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_salute

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The Roman Salute: Cinema, History, Ideology
2009
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The Roman Salute: Cinema, History, Ideology. (2009). muse.jhu.edu. https://muse.jhu.edu/book/27815/

ENGLISH TEAM AT ROME (Evening Post, 16 May 1933)
1933
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ENGLISH TEAM AT ROME (Evening Post, 16 May 1933). (1933). paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19330516.2.142

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