Fascist symbolism - Wikipedia
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. [1] The best-known are the fasces, which was the original symbol of fascism, and the swastika of Nazism.
Fasces - Wikipedia
The fasces is an Italian symbol that had its origin in the Etruscan civilization and was passed on to ancient Rome, where it symbolized a Roman king's power to punish his subjects, [1] and later, a magistrate's power and jurisdiction. The axe has its own separate and older origin.
Fascist Party (PNF) | Definition, Italy, Mussolini, & Symbol
Mussolini called this force the fasci di combattimento (“fighting bands”), groups of fighters bound together by ties as close as those that secured the fasces of the lictors —the symbols of ancient Roman authority.
Fasces Symbol - History And Meaning - Symbols Archive
Jan 3, 2021 · The fasces symbol is the emblem of official authority in ancient Rome. The word ‘fascism’ originated from ‘fasces.’ Benito Mussolini’s fascist government in Italy used the fasces symbol as its emblem, identifying with power and brutality which the symbol stood for from the ancient Roman times.
Fasces - ADL
Fasces are an ancient Roman symbol for authority and government coopted by Mussolini’s Fascist movement in Italy. Some white supremacists in the United States have recently adopted the symbol both because of its fascist connections and because it is more publicly acceptable than the swastika.
Mussolini Fascism: Rise, Symbol & Quotes - StudySmarter
The most prominent symbol of Mussolini Fascism is the fasces, which consists of a bundle of wooden rods with an axe protruding from the centre. This emblem has ancient Roman origins, representing the power and authority of magistrates and the unity of the Roman people.
Fasces Symbol
Comprising an axe wrapped in birch rods and secured with cord (a pair of which are depicted here), the fasces has a long and colorful history as a political symbol. The fasces was originally a Roman symbol of power, justice, and authority.
Authoritarianism’s Emblem - The New York Review of Books
Nov 23, 2023 · From ancient Rome to Mussolini’s Fascists, the fasces—a bundle of rods surrounding an axe—have carried a wide range of meanings. Greco-Roman symbols and slogans are often invested today with political meaning, especially by those on the right, to whom they connote authoritarian power.
Constructing Fasces in Mussolini’s Italy - Oxford Academic
Nov 17, 2022 · Mussolini’s regime’s relentless focus on the fasces, and propagation of the image on a massive scale, had no close parallel in world history. And Mussolini seems to have been the first statesperson ever to interpret the fasces as an instrument for imposing political unity by means of authority.
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The use of the symbol (and name) by Mussolini’s fascist party has meant it can be interpreted as signifying fascist beliefs and forms part of the visual iconography of the far-right and white nationalism. However, despite these associations it has avoided much of the stigma associated with other far-right symbolism such as the swastika.
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