Tag: fasces
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Aegean Origins and History of the Fasces: Minoan Crete to Revolutionary Republicanism
INTRODUCTION The fasces did not emerge fully formed in Rome and has its roots in prehistoric traditions. Few symbols encapsulate the ideals of unity, authority, and disciplined governance as profoundly as the fasces. In the American psyche, the fasces became tied to Italian Fascism, Adolf Hitler and the hellish drama of World War II. Symbols…
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The Organic State of Fascism: Two Commandments of Rule
In the Fascist concept of government, the ORGANIC STATE, there is no King Immanuel III, no right or left faction. All are absorbed into a totalistic organism with one absolutist Hero at the apex under a unified, obedient Fasces. Remember as stated, that the fasces in United States REPUBLICANISM does not represent or symbolize authoritarian…
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E Pluribus Unum: The Classical Roots of America’s Motto and the Forgotten Meaning of Unity in the Founding Era
The Origin and Meaning of the motto “E Pluribus Unum” In an era of deep national divisions, few phrases capture the American ideal better than E Pluribus Unum (“Out of Many, One). Adopted during the Revolutionary War, this Latin motto symbolized the fragile union of Thirteen colonies into a single republic. However, its roots run…
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Why the Statue of Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus carries a Fasces?
the Founding of a City and its Character Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, the legendary Roman who defeated the Aequians and rescued the trapped Roan Army. With one hand he returns the fasces, symbol of power and fraternity to the Dictator of Rome. In the other, a plow, which represents his life as citizen and farmer. Cincinnati…
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Columbia (American Minerva) and the Fasces in Harper’s Weekly “Reconstruction” for Equal Rights (1868)
EQUAL RIGHTS ADVOCACY “Reconstruction” by German-born American political cartoonist, Thomas Nast illustrates the Southern states being brought back into order with the North under the ancient symbol of collective power, authority and fraternity, the fasces and the nation’s motto, E Pluribus Unum (“Out of Many, One”). The symbolism of Columbia (America) depicted in Thomas Nast’s…
The American Minervan 