It’s a Roman symbol for state power basically. Was really popular in the 19th century (but not only in the 19th) in the west.
I wouldn’t even really say Mussolini misappropriated it, it’s a pretty good fit. If anything it’s weird how people keep saying that it primarily symbolizes strength through unity, when that’s a modern interpretation.
People loose their mind about the 👁️ of providence but the fasces are everywhere too.
people keep saying that it primarily symbolizes strength through unity, when that’s a modern interpretation
Where are you getting that this is a modern interpretation? As I understand that’s why the Roman’s adopted it as a symbol for state power because they operated on those principals and it strongly differentiated them from other city states.
That said, its all over DC because DC is The New Rome. So in that context you’re correct.
A Roman lictor’s bundle of sticks is not realistically a weapon. It is a facsimile of a weapon, but you’re better off with an actual stick. The axe heads were removed within the boundaries of Rome (Well, until Sulla), and weren’t placed in a position where they were realistically used as a weapon.
Etruscan fasces may have been weapons, but Roman ones were not.
That’s so weird to me because I’ve only heard of fasces as a fascist symbol
It’s a Roman symbol for state power basically. Was really popular in the 19th century (but not only in the 19th) in the west.
I wouldn’t even really say Mussolini misappropriated it, it’s a pretty good fit. If anything it’s weird how people keep saying that it primarily symbolizes strength through unity, when that’s a modern interpretation.
People loose their mind about the 👁️ of providence but the fasces are everywhere too.
Where are you getting that this is a modern interpretation? As I understand that’s why the Roman’s adopted it as a symbol for state power because they operated on those principals and it strongly differentiated them from other city states.
That said, its all over DC because DC is The New Rome. So in that context you’re correct.
Fasces predate fascism by more than two millennia, both as weapons and as symbols.
A Roman lictor’s bundle of sticks is not realistically a weapon. It is a facsimile of a weapon, but you’re better off with an actual stick. The axe heads were removed within the boundaries of Rome (Well, until Sulla), and weren’t placed in a position where they were realistically used as a weapon. Etruscan fasces may have been weapons, but Roman ones were not.
I literally learned this same thing earlier this year via this website! I think it’s a common historical misconception