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Elon Musk and the Roman salute: What it is and why it doesn't matter what you call it

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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk made a Nazi salute at a post-inauguration rally on Monday .

A number of right-wing activists and anti-Musk figures considered the gesture an ode to the genocidal German leader.

The gesture was popularized in 19th-century books, toga plays and films as a fictional fixture of ancient Rome .

There is no evidence of the gesture being used in ancient Rome , according to a historian.