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by wulfmann 2784 days ago
What I meant by that was it has not been agreed upon by historians as to whether the phrase means approval or disapproval.

Source: I did a short paper once on the painting by Gérôme of the same name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollice_Verso_(G%C3%A9r%C3%B4m...