What is the practical origin of the fasces icon? The fasces symbol dates back at least to the Etruscans, signifying quot;from many, one quot; as well as quot;strength through unity quot; It is ubiquitous from Roman era iconography to late Euro
Were quaestors in the Roman Republic entitled to lictors fasces? Quaestors had neither lictors nor fasces Originally quaestors, as the name shows, were a kind of "investigators" But the right to fasces signified a right of deciding life and death, which was only appliable to praetors (i e "judges") and higher magistrates, i e consuls and dictators Also, on the matter of lictors, we perfectly know that even aediles plebis had no right to lictors, and
Did the Nazis identify as being Fascists? How exactly did they view . . . There is a confusion of terminology at work, here First of all, you have to understand what the terms involved were not: They weren't the "loaded" terms we recognize them as from today's point of view Fascists were followers of the Partito Nazionale Fascista That is where the term originated, and that was all it originally meant Nazis were followers of the National Socialist German Worker
What does the skull and crossbones on the Nazi uniform represent . . . The swastika was a luck eastern esoteric symbol; the runes were the old nordic 'master race' alphabet; the eagles (see Aquila on wiki) and fasces were imperial symbols; Besides that, asking when skull+bones become a symbol of death or badassery, is like asking when an arrow become a symbol of direction
Have national symbols often acquired partisan meanings? However, this attempt by the Fascist government to change the Italian flag to incorporate the fasces was stopped by strong opposition to the proposal by Italian monarchists Afterwards, the Fascist government raised the national tricolour flag along with a Fascist black flag in public ceremonies