Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 00:28:38 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> Cc: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> Subject: Re: Tridents Message-ID: <xzpllw5a9yh.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <3EE97690.19879.5468C4@localhost> (Dan Langille's message of "Fri, 13 Jun 2003 07:00:32 -0400") References: <3EE97A1D.62E0D6DE@mindspring.com> <3EE97690.19879.5468C4@localhost>
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"Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> writes: > A google: thumbs up death roman gladiator > http://slate.msn.com/id/2080812/ > > Actually it appears historians are divided on which signal meant > what. Actually, historians know better than to argue about which way the thumb should point. The whole thing is a Hollywood fabrication. There are references to "turning the thumb" in ancient litterature, but noone knows which way it was turned or what it meant. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org
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