04-12-2007, 09:02 PM
Salve!
I read about this actor, :lol: although sources state it was the middle finger, historians are not completely sure if the finger was raised in the air (as in the standard 'salute' :wink: ) or just extended outwards, as in pointing.
It is also said that Cassius was also driven to killing Caligula as he was always forced to kiss his middle finger, which Caligula deliberately extended outwards in this rude gesture, in order to mock Cassius.
Funnily enough, I saw a motorist flip his middle finger and make a kissing gesture with lips puckered at someone who had shouted abuse at him- so maybe this 'double gesture' made it's way to the UK from Rome a few thousand years ago :lol:
I read about this actor, :lol: although sources state it was the middle finger, historians are not completely sure if the finger was raised in the air (as in the standard 'salute' :wink: ) or just extended outwards, as in pointing.
It is also said that Cassius was also driven to killing Caligula as he was always forced to kiss his middle finger, which Caligula deliberately extended outwards in this rude gesture, in order to mock Cassius.
Funnily enough, I saw a motorist flip his middle finger and make a kissing gesture with lips puckered at someone who had shouted abuse at him- so maybe this 'double gesture' made it's way to the UK from Rome a few thousand years ago :lol:
Memmia AKA Joanne Wenlock.
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