{"id":824,"date":"2022-02-22T01:54:24","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T01:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/?p=824"},"modified":"2022-02-25T05:58:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T05:58:29","slug":"fasces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/fasces\/","title":{"rendered":"Fasces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/fasces-Roman-Symbols.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3406\" width=\"190\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/fasces-Roman-Symbols.webp 380w, https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/fasces-Roman-Symbols-253x300.webp 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A plurale tantum, derived from the Latin word Fasces, denotes summary power and jurisdiction, as well as &#8220;unity in might.&#8221;<br>The classic Roman fasces were made up of a cylinder made out of a bundle of white birch rods strung together with a crimson leather ribbon, and often containing a bronze ax (or two) amid the rods, with the blade(s) protruding from the bundle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was employed as a symbol of the Roman Republic in a variety of situations, including processions, similar to how a flag may be carried today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A plurale tantum, derived from the Latin word Fasces, denotes summary power and jurisdiction, as well as &#8220;unity in might.&#8221;The classic Roman fasces were made up of a cylinder made out of a bundle of white birch rods strung together with a crimson leather ribbon, and often containing a bronze ax (or two) amid the &#8230; <a title=\"Fasces\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/fasces\/\" aria-label=\"More on Fasces\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3408,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions\/3408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}