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To: steve harris who wrote (252875)	1/3/2008 4:57:29 AM
From: c.hinton	Respond to of 281500

steve here is the reaserch concerning the traduitional meaning of fasces Fasces (IPA: /'fæsi?z/, a plurale tantum, from the Latin word fascis, meaning "bundle"[1]) symbolize summary power and jurisdiction, and/or "strength through unity."[2] The traditional Roman fasces consisted of a bundle of birch rods tied together with a red ribbon as a cylinder to include an axe amongst the rods. Symbolic interpretation of the fasces suggests that the rods represent the authority to punish citizens whereas the axe represents the authority to execute them: an important concept in the concerns of a Roman ruler, whose authority over such matters carried greater consequences than is typically thought of concerning capital punishment in modern societies..wiki