fasces
Rods around axe
Fasces is a bundle of rods bound around an axe, carried before ancient Roman magistrates as a symbol of authority and power to punish.
The rods represented beating, the axe beheading.
Mussolini adopted the fasces as the emblem of his movement, giving us the word fascism.
The image still appears on some official seals and architecture.
Diplomat in foreign city
- senateLegislative governing body
- republicState with elected leaders
- imperiumAbsolute ruling power
- praetorRoman judicial magistrate
tribune · centurion · patrician · plebeian · forum · triumph · augur · vestal
Legal authority's scope
- magistracyOffice of a magistrate
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- dominionAuthority to rule
command · imperium · rule · coercion · discipline · jurisprudence · punishment · capital punishment
Gathered items tied together
- rodsThin cylindrical shafts
- axeBladed tool for chopping
- emblemRepresentational sign or device
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
heraldry · iconography · motif · device · representation · imagery · classical · neoclassical
Power to exert force
- solidarityUnity among allies
- cohesionTendency to bind together
- collectiveJointly organized group
- bindingLegally or morally required
together · unbreakable · Aesop · fable · bundle of sticks · union · cooperation · alliance
Italian fascist premier
- ItalyBoot-shaped European nation
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
nationalism · propaganda · regime · appropriation · twentieth century · ideology · political · extremism
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Diplomat in foreign city
praetor · tribune · centurion · patrician · plebeian · forum · triumph · augur · vestal · toga
jurisdiction
Legal authority's scope
- magistracyOffice of a magistrate
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- governanceHow authority is exercised
dominion · command · imperium · rule · coercion · discipline · jurisprudence · punishment · capital punishment · enforcement
bundle
Gathered items tied together
allegory · heraldry · iconography · motif · device · representation · imagery · classical · neoclassical · architecture
strength
Power to exert force
- solidarityUnity among allies
- cohesionTendency to bind together
- collectiveJointly organized group
binding · together · unbreakable · Aesop · fable · bundle of sticks · union · cooperation · alliance
Mussolini
Italian fascist premier
- ItalyBoot-shaped European nation
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
authoritarianism · nationalism · propaganda · regime · appropriation · twentieth century · ideology · political · extremism
- Ancient RomeRome, Julius Caesar, Caesar, gladiator, gladiators
- authority symbolsscepter, crown jewels, throne room, mace, orb
- coin imageryeagles, portraits, crowns, wreaths, shields
- emblemsemblems, emblem, crests, badge, seal
- European Symbolsfleur-de-lis, Celtic cross, double-headed eagle, imperial eagle, EU flag
- Fascist ItalyMussolini, fascism, Blackshirts, March on Rome, fascist regime
fascesolive branch
Symbol of reconciliation
broken chains · Statue of Liberty · dove · peace symbol · dove of peace
fascesballot box
Container for cast votes
town hall · agora · round table · parliament · assembly
- transversalis fasciaDeep abdominal connective tissue
- fascia boardRoof edge trim
- plantar fasciaFoot's arch-supporting tissue