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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 1076708, member: 5682&quot;]For some reason, I can&#039;t imagine two Roman legionaries stationed at a frontier post somewhere in hostile and cold Ancient Begium watching for hostile barbarians and warmly greeting each other with kisses on the cheeks. :smile</p><p><br /></p><p>I would have thought that the Romans would have used the more manly fist bump:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]106839.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Or, the more awkward fist bump meets the ET greeting :</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]106840.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the &quot;limp fish&quot; Roman handshake, I think Doug makes a good point :thumb:. I wish there was more than numismatic evidence to support his idea, however. The only statuary evidence of Ancient handshakes I could find is from the earlier Greeks and it shows the more traditional handshake:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]106841.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]106842.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting discussion, however.</p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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