There's also a story of Genghis Khan trying to impress the strength of unity on his sons by showing them how a single arrow can be snapped, but that a bundle of

There's also a story of Genghis Khan trying to impress the strength of unity on his sons by showing them how a single arrow can be snapped, but that a bundle of them is strong. I don't think it worked, but that's a sort of fasces as a literary symbol.