The Fasces was a symbol of the Roman Republic, meant to signify a single stick, or citizen, being weak, but when put together they form an unbreakable bundle.
It was dredged up by the enlightenment-era nerds who ended up creating the US (as well as France), and was later co-opted by Mussolini and his movement.
I know this is a fascist symbol, but what's the original context?
The Fasces was a symbol of the Roman Republic, meant to signify a single stick, or citizen, being weak, but when put together they form an unbreakable bundle.
It was dredged up by the enlightenment-era nerds who ended up creating the US (as well as France), and was later co-opted by Mussolini and his movement.
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