Marek Tulliusz Cyceron a faszystowska romanità
Marcus Tullius Cicero and the Fascist Romanità

Summary/Abstract: In fascist doctrine, the myth of Romanità held a significant place. This myth also had a legal and constitutional dimension, linked to the regime’s specific interpretation of Roman history and used to legitimize the fascist order. It seems that it was precisely this legal and constitutional dimension that determined Cicero’s place and significance in the fascist projection of the myth of Romanità. Cicero, always considered the embodiment of the republic, could not enjoy any particular reverence in a system primarily inspired by the Empire. An emperor with full power based on force provided a better resource for the totalitarian regime to develop and build desired analogies than the Roman Republic with its tradition of freedom, civic self-government, respect for the common good, and civic virtues. Mussolini’s political position, and at the same time the statolatry so characteristic of the fascist regime with the subordination of the citizen to the state, were in contradiction with Cicero’s philosophical and political reflection.

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