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Mussolini's Influence On Augustus Res

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While many historical figures have aspired to be as powerful and as influential as Augustus was, almost none have gone quite as far as Mussolini did when he held power as dictator over fascist Italy. Mussolini and his supporters favored a strong Italian identity and directly sought to connect the ideas of “a Roman past and a Fascist present.” In order to do this, he directly imitated Augustus’ manner of exercising power and displaying his greatness. He instituted many changes and public works, and touted his greatness around Italy. He even went as far as to use the same rhetoric found in Augustus’ Res Gestae in the inscription adorning the fountains of the Piazza Augusto Imperatore, which lay across from where the Res Gestae would have originally
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