Fasano
a city in southern Italy. It Knights of St. John. Pop. op. about 20,000. bundles of elm or birch rods, in the which was the former palace of the center of which was an ax. the Roman magistrates, consisting Knights of St. John. Pop. about 20,000. was Superbus, the fasces were carried before the Roman magistrates, consisting of The custom center of which was an ax. The custom bundles of elm or birch rods, in the this honor was granted to the consulmajor only. The consul and pro-consul had 12 lictors, each of whom carried a the consuls by men called lictors; but this honor was granted to the consulin Rome the ax was carried before him. The prætors of the towns had only 2 fasces; those of the provinces and the army 6. Under the empire the consuls, who were merely civil magistrates, fasces; those of the provinces and the The prætors of the towns had only 2 pro-consuls were allowed 6, and this lasted till the fall of Rome. es , had various ways, as: formerly worn round the head as an