Timeline for Does the forearm grip/handshake have a historical basis?
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Oct 18, 2018 at 12:58 | comment | added | Evargalo | @Anixx : both are goddesses, and watch your words if you don't want to endure their wrath. | |
Oct 18, 2018 at 11:07 | comment | added | Anixx | @jjack the both are women. | |
Feb 22, 2018 at 19:47 | comment | added | jjack | The one person on the left in the relief seems to be a woman (look at chest and maybe the hair), so this may not be representative of a handshake which I have seen in movies about Roman soldiers greeting themselves. | |
Sep 17, 2013 at 8:32 | comment | added | Lennart Regebro | If you change this answer to "The Romans used an ordinary handshake, so it's not Roman anyway" this would be a good answer, IMO. | |
Sep 16, 2013 at 13:20 | comment | added | T.E.D.♦ | Good answer as it goes, but has nothing whatsoever to say about the forearm-grip handshake (the subject of the question) | |
Sep 16, 2013 at 12:40 | history | edited | Apoorv | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added Greek usage too.
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Sep 16, 2013 at 12:00 | history | answered | Anixx | CC BY-SA 3.0 |