FASCES
In Ancient Rome, a bundle of rods or sticks containing an axe with the blade projecting, carried before a magistrate as a symbol of authority.
Gage Canadian Dictionary
The word Fascism derives from the Fasces 'a Roman Lictor'. It symbolizes Fascism itself.
FASCISM
The doctrines, principles, or methods of fascists. Any system of Gov. in which property is privately owned, but in which all industry and labor are regulated by a strong national Gov., while all opposition is rigorously suppressed.
Gage Canadian Dictionary
