Fasces

The fasces is a ceremonial axe.

History
In the first century, Emperor Nero's bodyguard carried a fasces.

In Miami, 1987, an antique fasces was given to Damien Darhk by some criminals as a form of payment.

Behind the scenes

 * Fasces is a bound bundle of wooden rods, sometimes including an axe with its blade emerging. The fasces had its origin in the Etruscan civilization and was passed on to ancient Rome, where it symbolized a magistrate's power and jurisdiction.