17 Dec
2000
17 Dec
'00
1:44 p.m.
On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 09:03:59AM -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
...A Roman weapon which consisted of a group of reeds banded together with a axe head embedded. The point to the symbolism is that together we are stronger than apart (refering to the strength of individual reeds compared to when bundled).
Not quite true. It was the symbol carried by Roman jurists as a sign of their authority. A weapon, perhaps, but not used for cracking heads. -- Tiarnán Ó Corráin <ocorrain@esatclear.ie> "Parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus." --- GPG fingerprint: 4A05 1FC3 5370 2696 C60D 59DD 71AF EBEF 1AE6 018F GPG public key at: http://www.esatclear.ie/~blackpitts/ocorrain.gpg