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== History ==
[[File:Tudor Rose.svg|thumb|The Tudor rose]]
In the [[RomanHellenistic mythologyreligion|mythologyHellenistic]] ofand later [[ancientRoman Romemythology]], roses were associated with secrecy because [[Cupid]] gave a rose to [[Harpocrates]] (the Hellenistic [[silence]] god) so that he would not reveal the secrets of [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]].<ref name=merriam>{{cite web|work=Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sub-rosa|title=sub rosa|access-date=February 6, 2021}}</ref> Banquet rooms were decorated with rose carvings, reportedly as a reminder that discussions in the rooms should be kept in confidence.<ref name=merriam/> InThis was inhereted in later [[Christian symbolism]], where roses were carved on [[confessional]]s to signify that [[Seal of confession in the Catholic Church|the conversations would remain secret]].<ref name=merriam />
The phrase entered the [[German language]] (''unter der Rose'') and, later, the [[English language]], both as a [[List of Latin phrases|Latin loan phrase]] (at least as early as 1654) and in its English translation.<ref name=merriam />
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