HUMA 3110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Fasces, Lictor, Roman Citizenship
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All roman provinces were split into two categories: senatorial. Taxes from senatorial provinces went to the senate, while taxes from imperial provinces went to an unknown place: possibly the emperor"s own treasury. Governors had so many jobs that they needed a host of subordinates and friends to help them achieve their duties. Roman magistrates were always accompanied by a lictor that carried the fasces: fasces was a bundle of rods tied together with an axe head on top. Symbolized imperium: roman governors in the principate period also had lictors and fasces with them at all times. Governors had a primary mandate: quies provinciae. Governors were a good way for the provincials to network with the upper echelons of the roman government: allowed for provincial mobility. At any given year, 160 officials were sent to govern 55 million people: governor of egypt received over 1800 petitions within the span of three days.
