Fascio Littorio

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emblem political symbol

The Fascio Littorio is a stylized bundle of rods with an axe, derived from ancient Roman fasces, that became a prominent emblem of Italian Fascism and its paramilitary Blackshirt units.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Fascio Littorio canonical 2
Italian Blackshirts 1
Lictor (Littorio) symbol of Italian fascism 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf emblem ⓘ
political symbol ⓘ
associatedWith Benito Mussolini ⓘ
Italian Fascist regime ⓘ
corporatism ⓘ
totalitarian ideology ⓘ
axePosition protruding from the side of the rods ⓘ
bannedOrDiscouragedIn post-1945 democratic Italy ⓘ
colorOftenDepictedAs black ⓘ
gold ⓘ
countryOfUse Italian Social Republic ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
derivedFrom ancient Roman fasces ⓘ
etymology from Italian "fascio" meaning bundle ⓘ
from Latin "fasces" ⓘ
hasPart axe ⓘ
bundle of rods ⓘ
hasStyle stylized representation of fasces ⓘ
ideologicalFunction legitimization through reference to ancient Rome ⓘ
visual identification of Fascist organizations ⓘ
inspiredBy Roman lictors' fasces ⓘ
orientation vertical ⓘ
relatedConcept Blackshirts ⓘ
Fascism ⓘ
fasces ⓘ
symbolOf Fascist Italy ⓘ
surface form: Italian Fascism

Roman imperial heritage ⓘ
authoritarian power ⓘ
discipline ⓘ
state authority ⓘ
unity through strength ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
usedAs military insignia ⓘ
party badge ⓘ
state coat of arms element ⓘ
usedBy Blackshirts ⓘ
Fascist Italy ⓘ
surface form: Italian Fascism

Italian Fascist paramilitary organizations ⓘ
National Fascist Party ⓘ
usedIn Italian Fascist architecture ⓘ
Italian Fascist coins ⓘ
Italian Fascist flags ⓘ
Italian Fascist monuments ⓘ
Italian Fascist official seals ⓘ
Italian Fascist propaganda posters ⓘ
Italian Fascist state emblems ⓘ
Italian Fascist uniforms ⓘ
insignia of Blackshirt units ⓘ
insignia of the National Fascist Party ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Italian Blackshirt divisions → symbol → Fascio Littorio ⓘ
Flechas Negras Division → associatedWith → Fascio Littorio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian Blackshirts
Littorio Division → namedAfter → Fascio Littorio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lictor (Littorio) symbol of Italian fascism
Armed Forces of the Italian Social Republic → symbol → Fascio Littorio ⓘ