What 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

What 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...