The Fasces. A History of Ancient Rome's Most Dangerous Political Symbol, Hardback/***

In ancient Rome, the fasces were a bundle of wooden rods bound with a leather cord, in which an axe was placed-in essence, a mobile kit for corporal or capital punishment. This book is the first attempt to explain in detail precisely how the ancient Romans made a familiar and highly effective spectacle of the fasces, and then how later generations understood, used, and abused this symbol. Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Author(s): T. Corey (Professor, Professor, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences) Brennan Illustration(s): 24 b/w illustrations Number of pages: 288 Publication date: 2022 Dimensions: 166 x 242 x 32 Cover type: Hardback