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Bogus Roman Handshake!
In Graeco-Roman artefacts, there are many depictions of the "dextrarum iunctio" (joining of right hands) to express solidarity, agreement, greeting and…
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Homer Iliad
Achilles
Roman
In the end of the Iliad, Achilles grasps Priam's right hand 'by the wrist'!
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Bogus Roman Handshake!
Roman Legion
Medieval World
Roman Soldiers
Fun World
Ancient Rome
World History
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War
Superhero
BOGUS FOREARM HANDSHAKE! This example of the forearm handshake is bogus as far as I can tell and only appears on TV, film and graphic novels!
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Bogus Roman Handshake!
Palmyra
Shake Hands
Archaeology
Rome
Texts
Two By Two
Greek
Italy
Statue
Multicultural Rome: Latin, Greek and Palmyran texts on a dedication in Rome by Caios Aurelios Heliodoros Adrianos, originally of Palmyra, 'to the gods of the fatherland Aglibôl and Malakbêl'. The two Palmyran gods are shown shaking hands #RomanItaly #RomanSyria #RomanArchaeology
Being Good
Romans
Hiking Boots
York
Pure Products
Baseball Cards
Sports
Hs Sports
Genuine (Anatolia) and Bogus (York) Thanks to Simon Turney and Ian Edge for being good sports and demonstrating the wrong way!
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Bogus Roman Handshake!
Historical Fiction
Forgive
Time Travel
Musicals
Cinema
Author
Shit Happens
Film
The only place I will forgive the #BogusRomanHandshake is in my fave Roman film, the superb 1966 musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. 😁
Antoninus Pius
Roman History
Military
Collection
Military Man
Army
Here another handshake from Gareth Harney's collection, on the reverse of a Nerva denarius. This handshake is with the military too, often the context where we see #BogusRomanHandshake in the media.
Bronze Wedding
Pagan Jewelry
Viking Runes
Magic Ring
Bronze Ring
Hand Ring
Larp
Make And Sell
Laser Engraving
22 July is the festival of the Roman goddess Concordia
Babylonian Captivity
Revolution
Safe Search
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Washington
Mithra and the right handed handshake of the Gods (part 1)
James Duval
John Morrison
Hercules
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Bogus Roman Handshake!
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Ancient Greece
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Classical Greece
Ancient Beauty
Dexiosis on an Attic lekythos from the 5th century BC
Classical Art
Pottery Kiln
Pottery Supplies
Greek Mythology Art
Red Vases
Attic neck amphora from MACMougins showing the ancient Greek handshake.
Kissing
Dates
Jet
Carving
Display
Christmas Ornaments
Holiday Decor
This jet betrothal medallion is carved on both sides. The pendant shows a man and woman kissing on the front and the reverse depicts clasped hands. The pendant dates to the late 3rd century AD. You can see this wonderful artefact on display at Vindolanda.
British Museum
Buddha
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Bona fide Roman handshake on a grave stele
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Bona fide Roman handshake on a coin...
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A #BonaFideRomanHandshake rather than a #BogusRomanHandshake on this coin commemorating the adoption of Hadiran by Trajan...
Emperor
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Street
Walkway
Roman denarius 68-69AD, Year of the Four Emperors. Part of Blake Street Hoard.
Kissing Lips
June
Travelling
History
Girls
Fashion
The History Girls: The Roman Kiss of Greeting by Caroline Lawrence
Mouth Kiss
Mystery
Roman Britain
It's more likely that men in ancient Rome greeted each other with a mouth-to-mouth kiss than with the #BogusRomanHandshake!
Two Men
Museum
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Art Background
Kunst
Tombstone of two men shaking hands from the Capitoline Museum in Rome.
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Bogus Roman Handshake!
Tombstone with two men shaking hands. British Museum.
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Bogus Roman Handshake!
Jacque Louis David
David Painting
Large Painting
Tableaux Vivants
Art Ancien
Classic Paintings
Oil Painting Reproductions
Ap Art
The so-called "Roman Salute" is as bogus as the forearm Handshake and dates from the time of this painting by Jacques-Louis David (i.e. 1786)
Kiss You
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Twitter
Lyrics
Being A Writer
Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) | Twitter
New York Museums
Metropolitan Museum
This Is Us
Vase
Greek red-figure vase from the Metropolitan Museum in New York shows that the ancients shook hands just as we do today... Though most of us do it with clothing.
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Bogus Roman Handshake!
1st Century
Online Collections
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Gaia
Marble sepulchral relief of two female busts, both turning their heads towards each other and clasping their right hands, inscribed with the names of Fonteia Eleusis and Fonteia Helena, both freedwomen of Fonteia.