The fasces: a history of Ancient Rome's most dangerous political symbol

In ancient Rome, the fasces were a bundle of wooden rods bound with a leather cord, in which an axe was placed-in essence, a mobile kit for corporal or capital punishment. This book is the first attempt to explain in detail precisely how the ancient Romans made a familiar and highly effective specta...

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Main Author: Brennan, T. Corey 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2023]
Series:Oxford scholarship online
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197644881.001.0001
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197644881.001.0001
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197644881.001.0001
Summary:In ancient Rome, the fasces were a bundle of wooden rods bound with a leather cord, in which an axe was placed-in essence, a mobile kit for corporal or capital punishment. This book is the first attempt to explain in detail precisely how the ancient Romans made a familiar and highly effective spectacle of the fasces, and then how later generations understood, used, and abused this symbol
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 291 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9780197644911
9780197644904
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780197644881.001.0001

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