Lictor (3419 bytes)
1: ... ''[[imperium]]''. The origin of the tradition of lictors goes back to the time when Rome was a kingdom, p...
3: ==Who were the lictors==
5: ...e a strongly built man, capable of physical work. Lictors were exempted from military service, received a ...
7: ==Lictor's tasks==
9: ...ee city or addressing a higher status magistrate. Lictors also had legal and penal duties: they could at t...

Fasces (2730 bytes)
3: ...the number and provide etymologies for the name ''lictor.''
7: ...e [[Pomerium]], the limits of the City of Rome. [[Lictor]]s attending to [[Roman Dictator|Dictator]], howe...

Coat of Arms of the French Republic (388 bytes)
1: ...que Française'' ([[France|French Republic]]). The lictor's axe is a symbol from antique [[Rome]], often as...

Political institutions of Rome (1550 bytes)
51: *[[lictor]]

Verginia (2475 bytes)
5: ...ed, and their supporters returned to attack the [[lictor]]s and destroy their [[fasces]]. This led to the ...

Censor (2498 bytes)
3: ... and, due to this, censors were not escorted by [[lictor]]s. However, to be elected as censor was consider...

Imperium (2702 bytes)
5: ...e removed within the ''pomerium''). The number of lictors in attendance upon a magistrate was an overt ind...
7: ...n dictator|Dictator]] - originally 12 lictors, 24 lictors after the dictatorate of [[Lucius Cornelius Sull...
8: ...al punishment within Rome as well as without, his lictors did not remove the axes from their ''fasces'' wi...
9: * [[Consul]] - 12 lictors
10: * [[Praetor]] - 6 lictors, 2 lictors within Rome

Gene Wolfe (6062 bytes)
8: ...w of the Conciliator'' (1981), ''The Sword of the Lictor'' (1982), and ''Citadel of the Autarch'' (1983). ...
27: **''The Sword of the Lictor'' (1982)

Promagistrate (3506 bytes)
3: ... magistrate, was attended by the same number of [[lictor]]s, and generally speaking had autocratic power w...

Arch of Titus (3472 bytes)
9: ...triumphator'' attended by various ''genii'' and [[lictor]]s. The [[soffit]] of the arch depicts the apothe...

Vestal Virgin (3624 bytes)
8: ... Wherever they went, they were accompanied by a [[lictor]]; at public games they had a reserved place of ...

Master of the Horse (4565 bytes)
4: ...[Praetor]]ian [[imperium]], was attended by six [[lictor]]s, and was charged with assisting the Dictator i...

Fascist symbolism (3988 bytes)
4: ...Roman Empire|Roman]] symbol of power carried by [[lictor]]s in front of [[magistrate]]s, which included an...

List of Ancient Rome-related topics (4870 bytes)
142: **[[Lictor]]

Roman dictator (5533 bytes)
3: ...ce (''praetor maximus'') and was attended by 24 [[lictor]]s.

Decemviri (5796 bytes)
8: ...emvir presided on any given day was preceded by [[lictor]]s bearing the ''[[fasces]]''. Their administrati...
10: ...ictator|dictator]]s alone were attended by twelve lictors, and only the dictator could display the ''fasce...

Praetor (7459 bytes)
8: ...or]]s. At a later period the Praetor had only two lictors in [[Rome]]. The praetorship was at first given ...

Hugo Award for Best Novel (18674 bytes)
186: * ''[[Sword of the Lictor]]'' by [[Gene Wolfe]]

Nebula Award for Best Novel (17034 bytes)
221: *''[[The Sword of the Lictor]]'' by [[Gene Wolfe]]

Roman Republic (16611 bytes)
90: *[[Lictor]]

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