The Roman salute is conditionally allowed in Italy and outright banned in Germany. German chancellor Olaf Scholz responded to ...

Elon Musk, who has been accused of performing the salute at an inauguration event this week, shared social media post that ...

During a speech at Capitol One Arena Monday following Donald Trump’s inauguration, Elon Musk appeared to deliver a Roman ...

The salute was first used during the French Revolution by The National Assembly, who were inspired by a Roman painting. “The ...

As he offered his thanks to the crowd during a Trump inaugural event, Musk put his right hand to his heart, then extended his hand to the crowd with his palm slightly raised. He turned around and made ...

There’s no evidence that there was ever such a thing as a ‘Roman salute’ in antiquity. [Photo: Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images (Musk)] From airing his views on the fall of the Roman empire ...

In an effort to defend, or deny the nature of, Musk's gesture, many have said that the gesture was a "Roman salute," not a Nazi Salute. However, when tracing roots of both the Roman and Nazi ...

They generally agree that Musk’s gesture is strikingly similar to the Nazi salute and even more specifically, the Roman salute. This salute was used commonly in Italy by the Fascist Party ...

He followed that up by reposting right-wing images of Democrats like Barack Obama, Kamala Harris ... she posted on X that Musk’s salute had Italian origins: "Roman Empire is back starting ...