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• n  bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade protruding; in ancient Rome it was a symbol of a magistrate's power; in modern Italy it is a symbol of fascism

• It is a Fascist Empire, because it bears the indestructible sign of the will and power of the lictors and fasces of Rome.
• When Germany issued a special twelve-pfennig stamp advertising Italo-German solidarity (with pictures of Hitler and Mussolini, fasces, swastika and inscription) the British .
• Beck went on a big fasces kick back in the spring.

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• Lawmakers support $259 million Capitol renovation
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Thomas Whetstone pointed at a 2-foot crack on the third floor of the Wyoming Capitol. The fissure meanders for a few inches then rips through the painted motif of a Roman fasces, a wooden bundle tied around an axe that symbolizes magisterial power. A ...
  March 6, 2014 - The Washington Times