8The Thumbs Down Wasn’t What You Think

Who can forget the infamous thumbs down scenes in the 2000 epic movie Gladiator?

While in this movie it was interpreted as permission from the emperor for the gladiator to be killed, in Ancient Roman times, a thumbs down probably meant to give mercy. A thumbs up likely meant to kill the gladiator off. If this was the case, the other gladiator would usually kill him by slashing him in between the shoulders or straight through the heart.

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