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lictor

In ancient Rome, an attendant of a magistrate. In processions the lictors carried the fasces (symbolic bundles of rods) in front of the magistrates. Their town dress was the toga, but in triumphal processions they wore red cloaks, and at funerals black cloaks.



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Whether the God descend from above Or the man ascend upon high, Whether this maker of tents be Jove Or a younger deity-- I will be no judge between your gods And your godless bickerings, Lictor, drive them hence with rods-- I care for none of these things!
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