Fasces

Fasces are ceremonial axes used during the Roman Empire to represent high social status when traveling, the more fasces a person had, the higher there social status.

The Tyrant's Tomb
Commodus and Caligula use their own fasces to keep Harpocrates imprisoned at Sutro Tower.

Trivia

 * Fascism, a form of far-right wing authoritarian dictatorship, is derived from the name of the axes.