fasces

bound bundle of wooden rods, sometimes including an axe with its blade emerging
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fasces

Summary

fasces ranks in the top 0.78% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,873 views/month, #604 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • fasces's depicts is recorded as Unity makes strength[2].
  • fasces is a type of insignia[3].
  • fasces is a type of ceremonial object[4].
  • fasces is a type of bundle[5].
  • fasces is a type of mobile charge[6].
  • fasces is part of Emblem of the Spanish Civil Guard[7].
  • fasces is part of Great Seal of France[8].
  • fasces is part of coat of arms of France[9].
  • fasces is part of World War I Victory Medal[10].
  • fasces's Commons category is recorded as Fasces[11].
  • fasces comprises axe[12].
  • fasces comprises rod[13].
  • fasces's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fasces[14].
  • fasces's Commons gallery is recorded as Fasces[15].
  • fasces's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[16].
  • fasces's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[17].
  • fasces's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18].
  • fasces's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
  • fasces's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[20].
  • fasces's used by is recorded as lictor[21].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include insignia[3], ceremonial object[4], bundle[5], and mobile charge[6].

Use and Application

Components include axe[12], a type of tool[22] and rod[13]. Part of include Emblem of the Spanish Civil Guard[7]; Great Seal of France[8], a national seal[23], in France[24], founded in 1848[25]; coat of arms of France[9], a national emblem[26], in France[27], founded in 1953[28]; and World War I Victory Medal[10], an United States service medals of the world wars[29], in United States[30], founded in 1919[31]. fasces's used by is recorded as lictor[21].

Influence

Things named for fasces include fascism[32], a political system[33]; National Fascist Party[34], a political party[35], in Kingdom of Italy[36], founded in 1921[37], headquartered in Milan[38]; Littorio[39], a battleship[40]; and 1107 Lictoria[41], an asteroid[42].

Why It Matters

fasces ranks in the top 0.78% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,873 views/month, #604 of 77,819).[1] fasces has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] fasces is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Entities named for fasces include fascism[32], a political system[33]; National Fascist Party[34], a political party[35], in Kingdom of Italy[36], founded in 1921[37], headquartered in Milan[38]; Littorio[39], a battleship[40]; and 1107 Lictoria[41], an asteroid[42].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [21] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [41] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of
    Depicts Unity makes strength
    Subclass of insignia, ceremonial object, bundle +1
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007567947305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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