Fasces Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

, returning the Roman fasces]] The fasces lictoriae ("bundles of the lictors") (in Italian, fascio littorio) was, in ancient Rome, a symbol of power and authority (imperium). It was carried before a magistrate, in a number corresponding to his rank, in public ceremonies and inspections. The rods were used to whip delinquents on the spot. If it included an axe, it represented the power to decapitate. It was carried by heroic soldiers (they had to have been injured in battle) during the triumphss (public celebrations held in Rome after a military conquest).

It is a sort of cylinder, made of wood branches tied together around an axe. The symbolism of the fasces is that of strength through unity.

Fasces have also been adopted as a symbol by others over the years:

• Napoleon during the French Revolution.
• The Spanish police Guardia Civil.
• In the 1920s, it became the symbol of Italian Fascism.
• Used as part of the Knights of Columbus emblem (designed in 1883)

• fascio (usage 1890s to World War I)

• A definition
• Fasces in flags

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