Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 15:33:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Viktor Lazlo <viktorlazlo@telus.net> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tridents (was Re: FreeBSD Version Release numbers) Message-ID: <20030613152807.X26939@njamn8or.no-ip.org> In-Reply-To: <200306131226.h5DCQ4Hh009716@grimreaper.grondar.org> References: <200306131226.h5DCQ4Hh009716@grimreaper.grondar.org>
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On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Mark Murray wrote: > Paul Robinson writes: > > Hate to get into a bitch-slapping fight here, but Terry is right. The modern > > thing with thumbs-up meaning "good" doesn't translate directly to the Roman > > era. It's well established in historian circles, pretty much every Roman > > historian who is considered credible etc., all agree - thumbs up meant > > death, and thumbs down meant mercy. > > I guess my Latin teacher was wrong, then :-) What I remember from Latin was that there was no explicit recorded evidence of which gesture meant what but that based on studies of frescos and other contemporary art of the classical Roman period scholars had concluded the emperors used thumbs up to instruct the gladiator to finish off his opponent. The following link says much the same: http://www.ur.ku.edu/News/97N/SepNews/Sept29/thumbs.html Cheers, Viktor
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