MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Royal power
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Equality before law
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Law is the same for all
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Strength lies in unity
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Detailed explanation-1: -A broken chain symbolized the freedom from slavery.-One rod can be easily broken, but not an entire bundle, the bundle of Rods or Fasces. It symbolizes strength that lies in unity.
Detailed explanation-2: -What do fasces represent? In ancient times, fasces were a Roman symbol of power and authority, a bundle of wooden rods and an axe bound together by leather thongs. Fasces represented that a man held imperium, or executive authority.
Detailed explanation-3: -Bundle of rods or fasces symbolized ‘ strength lies in unity’.
Detailed explanation-4: -The word is the plural of the Latin word fascis, meaning bundle. Traditional Roman fasces were bundles of birch rods tied together with a red ribbon to form a cylinder around an axe. Many western governments have used fasces as symbols of power.