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4. What did the Romans use fasces for?

A. to mark the different legions
B. to please the god of wars
C. to symbolize their power and jurisdiction
D. to carry off wounded soldiers

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C. They used it as a symbol to show that they are authority.
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Answer: The Romans regarded the fasces — and for that matter, the word dictator — as symbols of liberty, not tyranny. The fasces were the symbol of legal order. Every Roman magistrate was accompanied by lictors, who carried the fasces to let people know that they were officers of the law.

so C.

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