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Fasces

fasces

also: fasces

The bundle of rods (with an axe outside the city) carried by lictors as the emblem of magisterial command.

Reading notes

The History of Rome, Book 8 §12 the fasces
The bundled rods and axe borne by lictors, emblem of magisterial authority; the consuls alternated possession of them.
The History of Rome, Book 9 §6 fasces
The bundled rods carried before magistrates as the badge of their power; stripped from the consuls in their disgrace.
The History of Rome, Book 24 §9 the fasces were borne before him with the axes
The bundle of rods with an axe, borne by the lictors as the emblem of a magistrate's authority to scourge and to put to death.
The History of Rome, Book 25 §16 fasces
The bundled rods and axes of a magistrate's lictors, symbol of imperium; Gracchus' fasces are laid before Hannibal's tribunal (§16).

The History of Rome, Book 2 hist · 4 mentions

The History of Rome, Book 3 hist · 5 mentions

The History of Rome, Book 8 hist · 1 mention

The History of Rome, Book 9 hist · 3 mentions

The History of Rome, Book 24 hist · 2 mentions

The History of Rome, Book 25 hist · 1 mention

The History of Rome, Book 30 hist · 1 mention

The History of Rome, Fragments hist · 1 mention