Was thinking about the high five today. I know we have waved, lipped hats, shook hands, hugged, nodded, etc.
How would a roman around 300-0 BC greet someone? Would they do it the same as other countries they may trade with? I know it probably still kind of depends on your relationship with that person, but is there any record of what would be common?
You might be interested in some links to earlier adjacent topics on here. In this thread, u/mythoplokos describes bowing/prostration among Romans (as well as Greeks), and here, u/Astrogator and others write about handshakes in Ancient Rome. There is also this answer by u/Georgy_K_Zhukov on the "Roman salute" (that the Romans did not actually use), and the use of gestures in general has been discussed here by u/bigfridge224 and u/Tiako (among others) and here by u/XenophonTheAthenian