Everyone did. The Holy Roman Empire. Roma. Mussolini. And they all have one thing in common. They are not Roman. Well, actually Mussolini might be a hard one

Everyone did. The Holy Roman Empire. Roma. Mussolini. And they all have one thing in common. They are not Roman. Well, actually Mussolini might be a hard one to pin, but modern day Italians who significantly developed their culture through the Renaissance are definitely not the same as Ancient Romans.