This image is historically incorrect. The axes were added to fasces when Consul was ouside Rome on a millitary campaign. But here, they are clearly inside the Rome, as indicated by the statues in the background.
This image is historically incorrect. The axes were added to fasces when Consul was ouside Rome on a millitary campaign. But here, they are clearly inside the Rome, as indicated by the statues in the background.
Always thought that lictors had the axe as badge of office. Also Aquila's apparently a Praetor though I dunno if that changes things apart from the amount of lictors present
Always thought that lictors had the axe as badge of office. Also Aquila's apparently a Praetor though I dunno if that changes things apart from the amount of lictors present
It's a story in Pomerium. It's possible outside of Pomerium.
This image is historically incorrect. The axes were added to fasces when Consul was ouside Rome on a millitary campaign. But here, they are clearly inside the Rome, as indicated by the statues in the background.
It was enough to be outside the Pomerium, and still into the city of Rome. It's interesting to note that the fasces embodied all the judicial power of the magistrate, infact all the phisical punishments a Roman citizen could be subjected to were, to be bonded with the leather strings, to be beaten with the birch rod, and to be beheaded with the bronze axe.
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