Oktawian August i faszystowska romanità z perspektywy prawnoustrojowej refleksji republikańskiej. Część I: Faszyzm i mit cesarstwa
Octavian Augustus and Fascist romanità from the Perspective of Republican Constitutional Reflection. Part I: Fascism and the Myth of Empire

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the myth of romanità within the context of the political philosophy of Italian fascism, focusing primarily on its legal-constitutional dimension. The authors argue that for Mussolini, romanità was not merely a propaganda symbol but an ideological framework legitimizing tyranny through analogies to the empire of Augustus. They highlight the “absence of the republic” in fascist narratives, where the Roman Republic is marginalized in favor of glorifying the empire as a model of autocracy. The authors compare the mechanisms of power under Augustus and Mussolini, pointing to centralization, elimination of opposition, propaganda of success, imperialism, and a similar public ethic as their shared characteristics. From a republican perspective (inspired by Cicero), both systems are deemed tyrannies, fundamentally opposed to the idea of freedom.

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