Fasces
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(New page: '''''Fasces''''', from the Latin word ''fascis'' (bundle), symbolize imperium of a Roman magistrate. The Roman '''''fasces''''' consisted of a bundle of white birch rods, tied together...)
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(New page: '''''Fasces''''', from the Latin word ''fascis'' (bundle), symbolize imperium of a Roman magistrate. The Roman '''''fasces''''' consisted of a bundle of white birch rods, tied together...)
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Fasces, from the Latin word fascis (bundle), symbolize imperium of a Roman magistrate. The Roman fasces consisted of a bundle of white birch rods, tied together with a red leather ribbon into a cylinder, and including a bronze axe amongst the rods, with the blade on the side.
