THE ROMANITA OF FASCISM
“Fascism the conception of the historical mission of Rome, the vision of a world empire…”
(MARIO PALMIERI)
“Rome is more than a city; Rome is a Universal Idea.”
(THEODOR MOMMSEN)
Rome is more than a city, and is a Universal Idea, indeed. The founders were inspired by the history of Ancient Rome, just as Mussolini was though closer to its legacy. Mussolini promised the Italian people their dignity and honor, with the hope of building a neo-Roman Empire. As Mario Palmieri states himself of Fascism, that “the first principle of the Fascist conduct of life rests upon a mystic belief of the oneness of all living beings; the second principle, the principle of Authority, rests upon another mystic belief (…) that of the divine essence of the hero. Not the military hero, but hero in the sense meant by Carlyle: hero of the soul.” “One invisible tie binds together the destinies of all the people of one nation. (…) This is the first principle of the Fascist conduct of life…”
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