Martin Winkler, in his study of the history of the gesture, suggests that the Roman salute is a modern invention. For example, in one of the most complete iconographic monuments to Roman ...

Martin Winkler, in his study of the history of the gesture, suggests that the Roman salute is a modern invention. For example, in one of the most complete iconographic monuments to Roman ...

The salute was first used during the French Revolution by The National Assembly, who were inspired by a Roman painting. “The salute gesture was understood to be the Roman salute, popularized by ...

“The Roman salute is a modern invention,” said Martin Winkler, professor of classics at George Mason University in Virginia, and author of “The Roman Salute: Cinema, History, Ideology.” ...

Some commentators called it a “Roman salute.” Others described it as a “heartfelt” expression of joy, or dismissed it as merely clumsy.

Musk aggressively thumped his open palm onto his upper chest and—to the shock of millions of viewers around the Western world—delivered a Roman, or fascist, salute.

Martin Winkler , in his study of the history of the gesture, suggests that the Roman salute is a modern invention. For example, in one of the most complete iconographic monuments to Roman ...

So was it a Hitler salute or wasn’t it? Speaking at President Donald Trump’s inauguration event this week, Elon Musk slapped his right hand on his chest before shooting his arm diagonally ...

Martin Winkler, in his study of the history of the gesture, suggests that the Roman salute is a modern invention. For example, in one of the most complete iconographic monuments to Roman militarism ...