Definition of Fascis

Definition of Fascis

Fasces, a bundle of rods bound round the helve of an axe, and borne by the lictors before the Roman magistrates in symbol of their authority at once to scourge and decapitate.

- Wikipedia

||Fas"ces (?), n. pl. [L., pl. of fascis bundle; cf. fascia a band, and Gr. fa`kelos a bundle.], (Rom. Antiq.) A bundle of rods, having among them an ax with the blade projecting, borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of their authority.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

A Roman symbol of judicial authority consisting of a bundle of wooden sticks, with an axe blade embedded in the centre.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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