Elon Musk and the history of the ‘Roman salute’
When Elon Musk performed a gesture that many saw as a fascist gesture, his supporters claimed it was a Roman salute. So ...
What’s the Roman salute? Here’s the history of Musk’s controversial hand gesture
The straight-arm gesture was first popularized by the Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini. There’s no evidence of a ...
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The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was a force unlike any other, shaping the ancient world through innovation, conquest, and culture. This video traces its epic journey, from the rise of its republic to the height ...
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Ancient Lead Poisoning May Have Contributed to the Roman Empire’s Downfall
Grass-covered mounds mark the site of the Roman-era lead mine at Charterhouse on Mendip in the United Kingdom (Credit: Andrew Wilson) It’s perhaps historically appropriate that the word “ironic” ...
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Star Wars: Rey's New Jedi Order Movie Will Continue One George Lucas Tradition
New Jedi Order movie recently hired a writer who appears eager to explore a topic George Lucas examined throughout the ...
Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck’s Unending Love Story: Inside the ‘Roman Empire’ Costars’ Friendship
In the 1953 film Roman Holiday, Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck's characters visit The Mouth of Truth, an ancient sculpture in Rome. "The legend is that if you're given to lying, you put your hand in ...
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Ancient Romans Breathed in Enough Lead to Lower Their IQs, Study Finds. Did That Toxin Contribute to the Empire’s Fall?
Hussain Didi via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 Did lead poisoning contribute to the fall of the Roman Empire? It’s a question historians have long debated, since the Romans sweetened ...
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Roman Empire’s lead pollution was high enough to lower IQs, study says
The study also could add fuel to a fraught and long-standing debate about whether mass lead poisoning could have contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire. “Ancient texts and archaeological ...
Flute Film Reverts Back To Flimmer, As Roland Emmerich & Marco Kreuzpaintner Join Advisory Board
EXCLUSIVE: Germany’s Flute Film will operate as Flimmer going forwards, after Christopher Zwickler reacquired rights to the ...
Star Wars: New Jedi Order Writer Describes George Lucas Influences (And We’re Excited)
New Jedi Order writer George Nolfi has shed light on his approach to the writing process, sharing how he’s drawing from ...
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How the Roman Empire solved its public sector pension problem – 2,000 years before Britain
Stretching from the windswept Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland down to North Africa, and from Portugal to the Middle East, the Roman Empire was ... are on course to fall short of one.” ...