A fasces is a bound bundle of wooden rods, often, but not always, including an axe with its blade emerging. The fasces is an Italian symbol that had its origin in the Etruscan civilization and was pas
Aquila (Legionary eagle), toga figure, and fasces on reverse side of coinage
Earliest depiction of a fasces, c. 610 BC, discovered as a grave good in Vetulonia in 1897
Denarius minted by Marcus Junius Brutus depicting a personification of Libertas on left and Lucius Junius Brutus with lictors carrying bladed fasces on right
Rome, cloister of San Paolo, outside wall: marble panel depicting six fasces.
Fascist symbolism is the use of certain images and symbols which are designed to represent aspects of fascism. These include national symbols of historical importance, goals, and political policies. T
Fasces
…also used it in the 1930s. The fasces, as a widespread and long-established symbol in the West, however, has avoided the stigma associated with much of fascist symbolism (except in Italy, where exhibiting the fasces can lead to an indictment) and many authorities continue to display them, including the federal government…
World War II-era Croatian propaganda poster, depicting the Italian fasces and the German swastika alongside the Ustaše symbol.
Flag of the Nationalist Liberation Alliance
The Toporzeł created by Stanisław Szukalski