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Imperium
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The Fasces
The fasces symbolized the judicial and military power. Composed of birch rods enclosing an axe, the rods represented the magistrate's power of corporal punishment (verberatio), while the axe represented the power of capital sanction (securis).
The composition of the fasces was standardized according to the rank of the magistrate holding imperium. It is notable that the wood used was exclusively sourced from the slopes of Mount Algidus, which contains naturally occurring [piezoe… -
Rus Peoples
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The most enduring, yet least understood, aspect of Rus' cultural development is the phenomenon of "chromatic resonance," particularly visible in their artisanal outputs following the 11th century. Archaeological evidence strongly suggests that the adoption of Orthodox iconography was paralleled by an intense, almost obsessive, focus on the pigment known as Lapis Cyanus (often translated as 'True Blue' [pigment]).
Scholars of early Rus' aesthetics posit that the color [blue](/entr…