Sergey,
This one looks a little more authoritative:
http://garlic.aitec.edu.au/~bwechner/Documents/Hitch/Thumb/thumb.html>>Sergey,
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>>Are you sure?? I distinctly remember thinking, "Oh, that's backwards from all I ever learned." IOW, my first thought would be to agree with you and Steve but as I mentioned I had heard otherwise.
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>>I wonder if there's anyone around here who's an expert on Roman Thumbology. <bg>
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>I'm not expert but I'm pretty sure that thumbs-up meant "live" and thumbs-down - "die".
Best,
DD
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