The artifact, found off the coast of Italy, is believed to depict a larger-than-life male torso, archaeologists said.

This sculpture, The National Convention, is especially interesting because the Roman salute still has its French republican meaning—although the sculpture postdates the salute’s adoption by ...

Nor do we have any statues of Roman emperors or commanders performing the gesture. The closest that we come to a Roman salute are representations of a palm raised, with elbow bent, in a sign of ...

According to “The Roman Salute: Cinema, History, Ideology” by Martin Winkler: “Not a single Roman work of art ‒ sculpture, coinage, or painting ‒ displays a salute of the kind that is ...

This sculpture, The National Convention, is especially interesting because the Roman salute still has its French republican meaning – although the sculpture postdates the salute’s adoption by ...