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28th October 1922: Benito Mussolini’s Blackshirts approach the Italian capital in the March on Rome

28th October 2023
Tagged as: Fascism, Italy, March on Rome, Mussolini, Rome, Victor Emmanuel III

Mussolini and up to 30,000 supporters from across the country, the Blackshirts, embarked on a calculated and audacious march to Rome to seize power.

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10th January 49 BCE: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon River on his march to Rome

10th January 2022
Tagged as: First Triumvirate, Julius Caesar, March on Rome, Pompey, Roman Empire, Rome, Rubicon

Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon with the 13th Legion during his march on Rome that led to the Roman Civil War.

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31st October 1922: The cabinet of Benito Mussolini formally takes power in Italy

31st October 2021
Tagged as: Blackshirts, Fascism, Italy, March on Rome, Mussolini, Revolution, Rome, Victor Emmanuel III

Mussolini, who was determined to restore the glory of the Roman Empire following the ‘mutilated victory’ of the First World War, had formed the precursor to the Fascist Party in 1919.

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28th October 1922: Benito Mussolini’s Blackshirts approach the Italian capital in the March on Rome

10th January 49 BCE: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon River on his march to Rome

31st October 1922: The cabinet of Benito Mussolini formally takes power in Italy

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