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Tomb of the Lictor

7th century BCE · 7th century BCE · Also known as Tomba del Littore

The Tomb of the Lictor (Tomba del Littore) is an Etruscan circle grave of the 7th century BCE at Vetulonia in Tuscany, excavated by Isidoro Falchi in the late 19th century. Among its finds was an iron double-headed axe set in a bundle of iron rods, taken as an early example of the fasces, the symbol of authority that Rome claimed to have borrowed from the Etruscans.

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Vetulonia

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Tomb of the Lictor. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tomb-of-the-lictor
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The Epoch Institute. “Tomb of the Lictor.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tomb-of-the-lictor.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Tomb of the Lictor’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tomb-of-the-lictor (Accessed: ).

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