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On that one
Yes. I think so
Once upon a time... In ancient and distant Rome...
Wait a minute
Sparta!!!!
Nope. We are not talking about Sparta but about Rome
The mic
Get out
Once upon a time... In ancient and distant...
Not Greece... Rome?
Rome. Rome. This is Greece. This is Rome
This is Sparta!!!!
Spartans!!!
In a village of Rome, the name of which I have no desire to call to mind...
We are going to talk about some Roman gestures
Hi! I'm Keka and I'm learing to fly
Up
And down
We are going to tie you up...
We are about to destroy the set
I'm a Roman birdie
Pium, pius. Pium, pius
Pium, pius. Pium, pius, piuae
Pii, pii, pii
That's the 1st declension- It was like that in Rome
No. That's the 2nd one... Which one was the 1st declension?
Don't ask me in front of the camera. It'll ruin my image
A, ae, ae, am
Ae
That's a Roman yawn
1st declension was a, ae, ae, am
This was the Roman Legionella
Let's begin
Ave! May I sit here?
Nodding is.... It has.....
Again
Ave! May I sit here?
The nodding gesture was used in Roman times
but its origins lie earlier in time
According to some essays, children nod to accept the food they are being offered...
And shake their head to reject it
Next
With the pilum!! Hit him with the pilum!!
Hit him with a sandal!!!!
Kill him! Kill him!
Despite being in a Roman Theatre watching a lovely tragedy by Seneca
and this gesture being used in Amphitheatres
as anybody can check by watching some gladiators movies
I'm going to explain it all the same
"Pollice Verso"
meant "turned thumb"
and it was used to ask for the execution of the fallen gladiator
Namely a death sentence
When I was making this gesture while asking for them to be killed
I wasn't wrong
It's not known which direction the thumb was turned towards
It could have been like this or like this
But the ost likely direction was this one
Opposite to the way to ask for mercy
which was the clenched fist
Another one
The "silence" gesture
according to Apuleius and Juvenal
was used in Roman times
right for that... To ask for silence
And it was done just the same as it is today
Placing your index finger on your lips
So when we are telling someone to be quiet
We are actually talking Latin
Another one, another one
The "blowing a raspberry" gesture
was brought to Rome during the wars against the Gallics
It seems Gallics used to blow raspberries
to taunt their enemies
It's interesting to imagine a macho Gallic
blowing a raspberry to a Roman centurion
More
Crossing your legs was worst than taunting, being rude or whatever...
It was witchery
Evil witchery
By crossing your legs you could
kill a sick person
jinx a meeting
curse anything you wanted
Wonderful
The answer
This gesture was also called "Digitus Impudicus"
Because of its resemblance to a male sex organ
it could have 2 different meanings
The rude one meant by Claudia
meaning the same as nowadays
And the "Fascinum" one
Any sex-related symbols
Well... Any symbols related to the male sex organs
were used with protection intents
To protect myself against her "crossed legs"
I've made a "Fascinum" by licking my middle finger and pressing it onto my forehead
That's how you made that "Fascinum"
Not like this
But like this
Not sure if this one was a Roman one. But no explanations are needed
See you
Every gesture we talk about here was actually used in Roman times the way we explain in the video
If you don't believe us, you should look them up in any texts by Suetonio, Juvenal, Apuleius...