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Vintage French postcard. L'Aube Chrétienne, by L'Avant-garde Caennaise. This was local play, performed at Caen, France, in April 1912. Caption: Devant les Tyrans. The left statue on the table reminds a bit of the Athena Parthenon. On the right two lictores carry the so-called fasces. They represented magisterial power, law, and governance. Thus they were reused by powers that be, such as cardinal Mazarin in France, George Washington in the US, and Napoleon, referring back to either the Roman Republic or the Roman Empire. From the 1920s onward, they were appropriated by the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini.

Vintage French postcard. L'Aube Chrétienne, by L'Avant-garde Caennaise. This was local play, performed at Caen, France, in April 1912. Caption: La Visite aux Tombeaux.

Vintage French postcard. L'Aube Chrétienne, by L'Avant-garde Caennaise. This was local play, performed at Caen, France, in April 1912. Caption: Combat de Gladiateurs. NB the helmets looks more like 16th century Spanish helmets, while the shirts and shoes don't like very Roman either. This goes to confirm that every century, every decade and every region makes its own vision of Antiquity.