Its origins go back to Ancient Rome, when the fasces was a bundle of wood with an ax head, carried by leaders. Advertisement On March 23, 1919, the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento — a group that grew ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was a ragbag of a gathering. On Sunday morning, March 23, Mussolini addressed a group of perhaps 120 men and several women: ...

The term “fascist,” a favorite term of opprobrium since the Second World War, seems to be more popular than ever. Chiefly, a fascist is someone with whom you have a strong political distaste and, ...

Latina is a town built by Mussolini in 1932 on the old Pontine Marshes, where Il Duce is not only considered a "founding father" but is also the subject of guided tours aimed at showing tourists the ...

As a Roman historian, I followed with great interest Councilman Chris Seelbach’s suggestion last week to remove Eden Park’s Capitoline Wolf and the public discussion that ensued. The Eden Park ...

Dictator Benito Mussolini has long fancied himself a student of government. Convinced that parliamentary democracy is an anachronism, Il Duce has pondered the ideal political setup for the economic ...

You might think that in 2025 a series looking at the rise to power of the original fascist dictator is already topical enough. But simply drawing parallels with present day politics wasn’t enough for ...

ROME (AP) — The Brothers of Italy party, which won the most votes in Italy’s national election, has its roots in the post-World War II neo-fascist Italian Social Movement. Keeping the movement's most ...

Pictures of Paolo Di Canio's elaborate fascist tattoo have emerged on the day he takes charge of Sunderland for the first time. The design features an imperial eagle holding the fasces, the original ...

A pair of Adolf Hitler's cufflinks have gone under the hammer at auction in the UK - and sold for a whopping £1,600. The swastika-shaped cufflinks were reportedly a personal gift from Italian fascist ...