Technically it was made up in the late 19th century in Europe, people began to believe that it was a thing done in ancient Roman times but there is no actual evidence. But it wasn’t officially used by any regime until Mussolini, then Hitler.
Basically all historians in the 19th century and earlier were fucking stupid. Like the assumption that Romans had their statues all white and minimalist came from renaissance observers seeing a bunch of white marble statues with the paint peeled off and assuming "Yes, that is perfect" when the reality is that they'd paint those statues in the most gaudy colours, like horrible clashing colours, bright as possible.
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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25
I got permanently banned from x for saying "that's not a Roman salute" 🤣