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Kings Coin
The king would dress in a purple trimmed cloak and high - topped boots of red
leather. He sat upon a throne of ivory known as a curule chair. These are often
seen in reliefs and on the reverse of coins and were constructed using crossed
elephant tusks for legs. The kings were accompanied by twelve lictors as he
traveled about the city. The lictors each bore a fasces, a bundle of rods which
symbolized the power over life and death held by the King of Rome. The axe
symbolized the power to execute quicly and mercifully, while the rods symbolized the
power to punish with beatings.
The History of Rome - Part One 743 - 136 B.C. © Bible History Online (http://www.bible-history.com) |