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by dragonwriter 1608 days ago
> even invoked past roman imagery (the roman eagle ["aquila"] is also present as a symbol of power in the USA

Perhaps even more clearly than the adoption of the American bald eagle echoing the Roman eagle is the bronze fasces in the House rostrum, a direct replication of the Roman symbol of authority from which, also, Italian fascism derives its name.