The document discusses the Roman myth in fascist Italy and its role in legitimizing the regime's aims of supremacy and militarization. It traces the myth from early figures like Mazzini and D'Annunzio through Mussolini's speeches invoking Italy's Roman heritage. The myth aimed to make Italians proud and see war as natural. It legitimized Italy's colonial expansion and the 1935 invasion of Ethiopia, seen as creating a new "empire" and symbolic high point for proving fascism's success in militarizing Italians.