... and Julius Caesar, who was idolised by Italian Fascists.3 They viewed the modern state of Italy as the heir of the Roman Empire and accentuated the need for renovation of Italian culture to 'return to Roman values' because Italian Fascists identified the Roman Empire as an ideal organic and stable society in contrast with contemporary individualistic liberal societies, which they saw as ... Another similarity shown between Mussolini's and Hitler's ideologies was the use of architecture and statues to portray the strength and unity of their regimes. Hitler to a far lesser extent coul...

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