Gaius Cocceius Spinula: (new without translation)

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The '''''lictor''''', derived from the Latin ''ligare'' (to bind), was a Roman civil servant, with special tasks of attending and guarding magistrates who held ''[[imperium]]''. The origin of the tradition of ''lictores'' goes back to the time when Rome was a kingdom, perhaps acquired from their Etruscan neighbours.

The ''lictor'''s main task was to attend as bodyguards to magistrates who held ''imperium''. They carried rods decorated with ''[[fasces]]'' and, outside the ''[[pomerium]]'', with axes that symbolized the power to execute.

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Gaius Cocceius Spinula: (new without translation)