It's not Roman, it's Phrygian, the fasces were carried by the 'lictors', I can't find the frickin link but there was an excellent video on here that explained the whole "Roman Empire" was essentially a B.S. distraction, gotta look back another few thousand years and 'oh bye the way' they were believed to be 'dispersed' from power by the 'proto Russians'… It's probably in a notable, but again, can't find the sauce…