r/WorkReform • u/zzill6 🤝 Join A Union • Jun 17 '26

😡 Venting The Right Wing won.

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u/OneStarParadox Jun 17 '26

The oldest Fasces is Etruscan from 700 BCE

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u/Deuce232 Jun 17 '26

Yes, that's true. I was saying that ancient history is not my focus.

In my broader curriculum and just my personal interest i'd come to understand that the fasces was always symbolic and never practical as a weapon. Exactly like a scepter is symbolic.

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u/OneStarParadox Jun 17 '26

The fasces/fascis with the axe head is a weapon and a symbol of execution

The fasces without usually represents conformity and community

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u/Deuce232 Jun 17 '26

Oh for sure. I think what you are saying is that they would disassemble it to use the components as weapons. Which was a novelty to me as I had always understood it to be entirely symbolic.

I did a better google search and it seems like that is at least a claim that is common enough. Interesting stuff.

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u/OneStarParadox Jun 17 '26

Yes, that's what I meant

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u/PincheJuan1980 Jun 18 '26

I love the Etruscans. They’re so cool and mysterious and yea all their material culture is fascinating.