fasces
a bundle of rods containing an ax with the blade projecting, borne before Roman magistrates as an emblem of official power.
Origin of fasces
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How to use fasces in a sentence
Wilt thou see also the Tarquin kings, and the haughty soul of Brutus the Avenger, and the fasces regained?
The Aeneid of Virgil | VirgilThe Roman consuls were accustomed to use a certain badge of authority called the fasces.
History of Julius Caesar | Jacob AbbottThose were the days when fasces were carried abroad in public ftes, as emblems of liberty,—fasces!
This morning he appointed me regent head of the house, and delivered me the fasces and curule chair.
Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) | Thomas CarlyleThe decemvir's lictor attacks Valerius and Horatius: the fasces are broken by the people.
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 | Titus Livius
British Dictionary definitions for fasces
/ (ˈfæsiːz) /
(in ancient Rome) one or more bundles of rods containing an axe with its blade protruding; a symbol of a magistrate's power
(in modern Italy) such an object used as the symbol of Fascism
Origin of fasces
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