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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 295172, member: 6370&quot;]It is purely ancient roman of course.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>the Latin word fascis, meaning &quot;bundle&quot; symbolise summary power and jurisdiction, and/or &quot;strength through unity.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The traditional Roman fasces consisted of a bundle of birch rods tied together with a red ribbon as a cylinder.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The symbolism of the fasces at one level suggested strength through unity. The bundle of rods bound together symbolizes the strength which a single rod lacks. The axe symbolized the state&#039;s power and authority. The rods symbolized the state&#039;s obligation to exercise restraint in the exercising of that power. The highest magistrates would have their lictors unbind the fasces they carried as a warning if approaching the limits of restraint.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.livius.org/fa-fn/fasces/fasces.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.livius.org/fa-fn/fasces/fasces.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.livius.org/fa-fn/fasces/fasces.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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