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

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

History of ancient Rome's most dangerous political symbol

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

xii, 291 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

929.82 B838 2023

(OCoLC)1300756078

" ... the Roman emblem came to represent not just expected concepts such as power, punishment, and justice, but now also strength, unity, and liberty against tyranny. The "Fascist" movement of Benito Mussolini, which seized power in Italy in October 1922, purported to revive the Roman emblem in its original form. But it retained aspects of the modern reimagining of the fasces, and introduced still further novelties, such as glorification of the 'lictors', the lowly attendants who carried the fasces in antiquity. Since World War II, the fasces has seen widespread but uneven eradication, in the context of a public that has grown progressively unconversant with the symbol. It is precisely the fasces' long history and relative present-day unfamiliarity that has given an opening to right-wing extremists searching for a symbol that is potent, but not widely provocative at first glance"--Provided by publisher.
"Fasces and the young United States" (p. 138-142): mentioned Cincinnatus & the Society of the Cincinnati.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [254]-267) and index.
L2022M128

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