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? Pollice verso is a latin expression for disapprove, used normally by Roman's emperor to refuse right to live of a gladiator... How this phrase can go "either
by xte 8y ago
? Pollice verso is a latin expression for disapprove, used normally by Roman's emperor to refuse right to live of a gladiator...
How this phrase can go "either way"?
Ps English is not my motherlanguage so I may made many mistake than maybe sound strange for other readers, if that's the case please point it out, it's a valuable lesson for me.
- wulfmann 8y agoWhat I meant by that was it has not been agreed upon by historians as to whether the phrase means approval or disapproval. Source: I did a short paper once on the painting by Gérôme of the same name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollice_Verso_(G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollice_Verso_(G%C3%A9r%C3%B4m...