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Yeah I saw that, but I'd say if that makes sense, that they're attributing the introduction of "Voi" within the roman era and not in the medieval times, right?
by lnxg33k1 3y ago
Yeah I saw that, but I'd say if that makes sense, that they're attributing the introduction of "Voi" within the roman era and not in the medieval times, right? The second one instead attributes it to "Roma Cesarea", to be fair, it is not the encyclopaedia that attributes it to "Roma Cesarea" but the article that influenced Mussolini quoted on the article on the encyclopaedia, so they're probably only quoting, but I don't know enough, so I'd trust you're right, thank you
- NewsyHacker 3y agoHistorians today tend to trace the ultimate fall of the Roman Empire to the multiple crises of the third century, even if the name of the empire limped on for a couple of centuries more. So AD 293 is quite a late date, on the threshold to a new era. From the viewpoint of modern historians, it is hard to understand how Italian Fascism could have seen anything that late as worth being proud of and emulating.
- 082349872349872 3y agoIt's much easier to understand if one doesn't assume that Fascism ever cared about academic truth.
- lnxg33k1 3y agoProbably you're right, they just needed something widely known to make people feel some sort of national identity/united/proud and control them better
- ffgjgf1 3y ago> trace the ultimate fall of the Roman Empire to Or the plague and the subsequent Arab invasions. The empire was rebounded several times from near collapse after the 300s
- NewsyHacker 3y agoThe Western Empire was the only Roman Empire that the Italian Fascists ever really cared about. Early Byzantium was totally foreign to their mythology.