At the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday, Steve Bannon decided to perform a Roman salute, commonly ...

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 ...

Some commentators called it a “Roman salute.” Others described it as a “heartfelt” expression of joy, or dismissed it as merely clumsy.

Just three days ago, former Trump advisor Steve Bannon called Elon Musk "a parasitic illegal immigrant." And for months, the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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 ...

To understand why, let us briefly review the history of the Roman salute, and the reasons why it was adopted by fascists, and later Nazis, during the interwar years. While originating in ancient ...

Known as the Roman salute in Italy, the straight-arm greeting officially adopted in 1925 by Mussolini's fascist regime is banned in Italy though it is rarely prosecuted. Musk's representative in ...

while Haaretz, another Israeli newspaper, described Mr Musk as having performed “a Roman salute, a fascist salute most commonly associated with Nazi Germany”. Sawyer Hackett, the Democratic ...

This was not a fascist gesture, they insisted, but a “Roman salute”. Several posted scenes from the 2005-07 TV series Rome, which depicts Roman salutes, as evidence in support of their claim. But what ...

Elon Musk has been slammed online after his gesture at Trump’s inauguration was compared to a “Nazi salute.” However, some of his biggest fans rushed to his defense calling it a Roman salute ...