We continue with the collaboration of our friends. In this case, Senovilla of Thoughts JFS.
Some historians say that it can be thought that it began at the time of the Roman Empire, when due to the large number of murderers that were perpetrated, it became customary that when going to see an officer they raised their hands to indicate that they were not behaving. in the same no weapon.
Then in the movies we see AVE CESAR.
But the reality, according to other prestigious researchers, is that it is a custom of medieval knights that when they greeted someone, they raised the visor of their helmet with their hand.
Now yes, what is certain and demonstrated is that at the beginning of the 19th century the COLDSTREAM GUARDS modified the salute that their army (the British) had and went from touching their hat with the tips of their fingers to giving a light pat on the own hat as our armies do today.
I am left with the fact that the knights errant invented it, and especially my eloquent friend Don Quixote, since his adventures went around the world, because his greeting was not going to do it.
