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{{history of Italy}}
'''Italian fascism''' ({{lang-it|fascismo italiano}}), also known as '''classical fascism''' or simply '''fascism''', is the original [[fascist]] ideology as developed in Italy by [[Giovanni Gentile]] and [[Benito Mussolini]]. The [[ideology]] is associated with a series of two political parties led by
Italian fascism was rooted in [[ultranationalism]], [[Italian nationalism]], [[national syndicalism]], [[revolutionary nationalism]], and the desire to restore and expand [[Italian irredentism|Italian territories]], which Italian Fascists deemed necessary for a nation to assert its superiority and strength and to avoid succumbing to decay.<ref name="autogenerated1922">Aristotle A. Kallis. ''Fascist ideology: territory and expansionism in Italy and Germany, 1922–1945''. London; New York: Routledge, 2000, p. 41. {{ISBN|9780415216128}}</ref> Italian Fascists also claimed that modern Italy was the heir to [[ancient Rome]] and its legacy, and historically supported the creation of an [[Imperial Italy (fascist)|imperial Italy]] to provide ''[[spazio vitale]]'' ("living space") for [[Second Italo-Senussi War|colonization by Italian settlers]] and to establish control over the [[Mediterranean Sea]].<ref>Aristotle A. Kallis. ''Fascist ideology: territory and expansionism in Italy and Germany, 1922–1945''. London; New York: Routledge, 2000. p. 50. {{ISBN|9780415216128}}</ref>
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