1.He desired not the purple and the fasces, the insignia of vulgar command.
他并不向往标志着庸俗权力的高官厚禄。
2.Roman functionary who carried fasces when attending a magistrate in public appearances.
下级职;下士;下等官场;低级职。
3.During this legateship, when he was walking along preceded by the fasces, one of his fellow-townsmen, a man of Lepcis and a plebeian, embraced him as an old comrade.