Do you know what a Fasci is?
A Fasci is the symbol from which we get
the word, fascism.
It was a symbol used widely in the Roman
Empire and it consists of rods bound together around an axe. This axe is the
origin of the term Axis Powers for the fascist countries in the Second World
War. The symbolism is of people and countries bound together under a common
centralised dictatorship, the axe.
Not only was this used by Ancient Rome
back in the day as one of its Symbols of "Supreme Authority", but
also by the Original "Axis Powers" of Europe back in the first half
of the 20th Century prior too and during WWII.
Numerous governments and other
authorities have used the image of the fasces as a symbol of power since the
end of the Roman Empire. It has also been used to hearken back to the Roman
republic, particularly by those who see themselves as modern-day successors to
the old republic.
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