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Invented by Ben Franklin lighting rods are just what they sound like they are rods on a roof to take lighting instead of it hitting a house and burning it down.

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What is the bundle of rods called that was bourne before a roman magistraate?

The bundle of rods (with an axe inside) was called a fascis and it was carried by a lictor.


Were the twin towers made out of bricks?

No. they were mainly steel rods


How was lightning rod invented?

The original lightning rods were heavy iron, and their wires were often damaged by strikes. Modern lightning rods and surge arresters use lighter materials, but these are designed to withstand the high temperatures caused by the electric discharge.


What did the Romans use faces for?

The Roman magistrates all had civil servants or bodyguards called lictors. (The higher the office, the more lictors) These lictors carried bundles of rods called "fasces". Tied up inside these rods was an ax with its head visible. These fasces symbolized authority, the rods representing punishment and the ax representing the death penalty. For the most part the lictors were ceremonial, but when accompanying a magistrate through the streets, the lictors were the ones who cleared the way for him, using their fasces in a manner similar to our police force using their riot shields.The Roman magistrates all had civil servants or bodyguards called lictors. (The higher the office, the more lictors) These lictors carried bundles of rods called "fasces". Tied up inside these rods was an ax with its head visible. These fasces symbolized authority, the rods representing punishment and the ax representing the death penalty. For the most part the lictors were ceremonial, but when accompanying a magistrate through the streets, the lictors were the ones who cleared the way for him, using their fasces in a manner similar to our police force using their riot shields.The Roman magistrates all had civil servants or bodyguards called lictors. (The higher the office, the more lictors) These lictors carried bundles of rods called "fasces". Tied up inside these rods was an ax with its head visible. These fasces symbolized authority, the rods representing punishment and the ax representing the death penalty. For the most part the lictors were ceremonial, but when accompanying a magistrate through the streets, the lictors were the ones who cleared the way for him, using their fasces in a manner similar to our police force using their riot shields.The Roman magistrates all had civil servants or bodyguards called lictors. (The higher the office, the more lictors) These lictors carried bundles of rods called "fasces". Tied up inside these rods was an ax with its head visible. These fasces symbolized authority, the rods representing punishment and the ax representing the death penalty. For the most part the lictors were ceremonial, but when accompanying a magistrate through the streets, the lictors were the ones who cleared the way for him, using their fasces in a manner similar to our police force using their riot shields.The Roman magistrates all had civil servants or bodyguards called lictors. (The higher the office, the more lictors) These lictors carried bundles of rods called "fasces". Tied up inside these rods was an ax with its head visible. These fasces symbolized authority, the rods representing punishment and the ax representing the death penalty. For the most part the lictors were ceremonial, but when accompanying a magistrate through the streets, the lictors were the ones who cleared the way for him, using their fasces in a manner similar to our police force using their riot shields.The Roman magistrates all had civil servants or bodyguards called lictors. (The higher the office, the more lictors) These lictors carried bundles of rods called "fasces". Tied up inside these rods was an ax with its head visible. These fasces symbolized authority, the rods representing punishment and the ax representing the death penalty. For the most part the lictors were ceremonial, but when accompanying a magistrate through the streets, the lictors were the ones who cleared the way for him, using their fasces in a manner similar to our police force using their riot shields.The Roman magistrates all had civil servants or bodyguards called lictors. (The higher the office, the more lictors) These lictors carried bundles of rods called "fasces". Tied up inside these rods was an ax with its head visible. These fasces symbolized authority, the rods representing punishment and the ax representing the death penalty. For the most part the lictors were ceremonial, but when accompanying a magistrate through the streets, the lictors were the ones who cleared the way for him, using their fasces in a manner similar to our police force using their riot shields.The Roman magistrates all had civil servants or bodyguards called lictors. (The higher the office, the more lictors) These lictors carried bundles of rods called "fasces". Tied up inside these rods was an ax with its head visible. These fasces symbolized authority, the rods representing punishment and the ax representing the death penalty. For the most part the lictors were ceremonial, but when accompanying a magistrate through the streets, the lictors were the ones who cleared the way for him, using their fasces in a manner similar to our police force using their riot shields.The Roman magistrates all had civil servants or bodyguards called lictors. (The higher the office, the more lictors) These lictors carried bundles of rods called "fasces". Tied up inside these rods was an ax with its head visible. These fasces symbolized authority, the rods representing punishment and the ax representing the death penalty. For the most part the lictors were ceremonial, but when accompanying a magistrate through the streets, the lictors were the ones who cleared the way for him, using their fasces in a manner similar to our police force using their riot shields.


What is a bayonet look like?

some are knives, some are pointed round rods, etc. depends on model.