Photo credits:

1. 1.East façade of the Ara Pacis, 13-9 BC, Ara Pacis Museum, Rome. Photo by Quinok, 10/09/2010. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roma6705.jpg
   

2. 2.Detail of freize, south façade of the Ara Pacis, 13-9 BC, Ara Pacis Museum, Rome. Photo by Sailko, 16 June 2006. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ara_pacis_fregio_lato_ovest_2.JPG
   

3. 3.Detail of Augustus Caesar, south frieze of Ara Pacis. Photo by mmarftrejo, 31 January 2010. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmarftrejo/4409398014/
   

4. 4.Detail of Flamens, south frieze of Ara Pacis. Photo by petrus.agricola, 6 November 2011. http://www.flickr.com/photos/28433765@N07/6337712860/in/photostream/
   

5. 5.Detail of a Lictor and Agrippa, south frieze of Ara Pacis. Photo by Jo Quirynen, 26 July 2009. http://www.flickr.com/photos/41009176@N06/3828018090/
   

6. 6.Detail of a Lictor and Agrippa, south frieze of Ara Pacis. Photo by petrus.agricola, 6 November, 2011. http://www.flickr.com/photos/28433765@N07/6337709844/in/photostream/
   

7. 7.Illustration of a Roman Lictor in Cesare Vecellio, "Habiti Antichi et Moderni," 1860. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Roman_Lictor_Clothes.png
   

8. 8.Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748-1825), Study for The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of his Sons, 1787, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2006.264. http://metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/90044208?rpp=20&pg=1&ft=lictor&pos=1#fullscreen
   

9. 9.Relief of Roman Lictors, Concordia Sagittaria, Venice. http://www.tusciaromana.info/3Cultura/c_sto_rom_preproto.htm
   

10. 10.François Boucher (French, 1703-1770), Standing Man Carrying Fasces and Arms, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1960, 61.1.3. http://metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/90003370?rpp=40&pg=1&ft=fasces&pos=2
    

11. 11.Map of the Seven Hills of Rome. Image by Renata3, 19 April 2008. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Seven_Hills_of_Rome.svg
    

12. 12.Statuette of a Lictor, Roman, 1st century AD, bronze, H: 4 5/8 in., Art Institute of Chicago, James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, 1980.809. Photo by Lucas Livingston, 2 February, 2012. http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/61392
    

13. 13.Statuette of a Lictor, Roman, 1st century AD, bronze, H: 4 5/8 in., Art Institute of Chicago, James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, 1980.809. Photo by Lucas Livingston, 2 February, 2012. http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/61392
    

14. 14.Bust of Janus, Vatican Museum. http://ee.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Janus-Vatican.jpg
    

15. 15.Detail of a Lictor and Agrippa, south frieze of Ara Pacis. Photo by HEN-Magonza, 31 May 2008. http://www.flickr.com/photos/hen-magonza/4171721154/
    

16. 16.Flag of the Italian National Fascist Party, 1930s-1940s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Italian_Fascist_flag_1930s-1940s.svg
    

17. 17.Emblem of the Consulate of France. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emblem_of_France_consulate.jpg
    

18. 18.Grand coat of arms of the city of Vilnius, Lithuania. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grand_Coat_of_arms_of_Vilnius.png
    

19. 19.Seal of the National Guard Bureau. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:National_Guard_Bureau_Seal.svg
    

20. 20.U.S. Dime of the Winged Cap or "Mercury" Head type, obverse, 1916, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 17.157
    

21. 21.U.S. Dime of the Winged Cap or "Mercury" Head type, reverse showing the fasces, 1916, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 17.157
    

22. 22.President Barack Obama delivers a health care address to a joint session of Congress at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., Sept. 9, 2009. Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Obama_Health_Care_Speech_to_Joint_Session_of_Congress.jpg
    

23. 23.The Bronze Fasces. Image courtesy of the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. http://artandhistory.house.gov/art_artifacts/virtual_tours/house_chamber/rostrum.aspx
    

24. 24.Seal of the US Senate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Senate_Seal.svg
    

25. 25.Interior of the Lincoln Memorial at Night. Photo by Izx, 15 July 2006. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lincoln_Memorial_Interior_at_Night.jpg
    

26. 26.Statue of Cincinnatus, Cincinnati, Ohio. Photo by Rick Dikeman, 2004. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cincinnatus_statue.jpg
    

27. 27.Mace of the House Representatives. http://www.old-picture.com/american-legacy/013/Representatives-House-Mace-of.htm
    

28. 28.City Hall, Chicago, Illinois from Daley Plaza at Clark Street facing West. Photo by Lucas Livingston, 9 February, 2012.
    

29. 29.Detail of fasces above East entry to City Hall, Chicago, Illinois from Daley Plaza at Clark Street facing West. Photo by Lucas Livingston, 9 February, 2012.