Interestingly, the etymology of the word fascism goes to the root word "fasces" that came to Rome from Etrurian civilization. The bundled sticks were passed between the two consuls in continuity as sign of holding empirium during mutual reign even in the Roman Republican era.

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The Fasces: Ancient Rome’s Most Dangerous Political Symbol

T.C. BRENNAN Rods, axes, and untrammelled power