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Re: What is the story behind the rose symbol?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Black Unicorn)
Wed Nov 26 18:17:51 1997
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 15:48:45 -0600
To: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <199711261954.LAA23902@proxy3.ba.best.com>
At 11:54 AM 11/26/97 -0800, you wrote:
>We use the rose a symbol of privacy because some bunch of romans
>met privately under a roof decorated with a stylized rose, hence
>the phrase "sub rosa"
>
>What is the story, why is this meeting place famous, and does
>anyone know what the original decoration looked like?
It was a huge mural on the ceiling of the roman senate. Discussions in the
senate were considered secret, and "under the rose," hence, "sub rosa."
