Want this question answered?
No, the thumbs up signal was the mercy sign. A thumbs down of a thumbs turned was the death signal.
Two Thumbs Up
Thumbs down means die, up means mercy
It is making the "okay" sign.
A gladiator didn't have the authority to "ask". He would simply pause when he had subdued his opponent, look at the audience and the Emperor and receive a thumbs up or a thumbs down. "Thumbs up" his opponent lives. "Thumbs down" his opponent dies.
(Y) means thumbs up and (N) means thumbs down :)
He (or she) decided if the gladiator would live or die with a thumbs up or a thumbs down.
they put there thumbs up or down
America's Election HQ - 2008 Thumbs Up or Down was released on: USA: 3 August 2008
DJ K-Swift,( RIP) The song is called Hands Up Thumbs Down Baltimore Club Mix
When the public in the arena could vote for whether the gladiator should be killed; thumbs down meant he should live and thumbs up was to be killed, nowadays it is the other way around.
Under the video on the left there is a thumb pointing up and a thumb pointing down. Just click on the thumbs up and it will like the video. :) Good luck.