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One of the places to look for Roman body language is statuary. It's not my field, but I know that you can read a lot about a statue depending on how the person is standing, what he/she is holding or using their hands for. Bas-reliefs, which tend to be more used in depicting everyday life will be particularly useful here.

 

Re thumbs up/down, try this experiment - (mentally) hold a sword in a fencing grip, so that your thumb faces forward and parallel to the blade and then try sheathing it to put it away. See how your thumb turns down? Now imagine someone kneeling holding on to your thigh whom you are going to stab by driving the sword through the base of his bowed neck. (which is how gladiators delivered the coup de grace) and yup, your thumb is up.

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