Il Duce actively claimed to be restoring the Roman Empire
Il Duce actively claimed to be restoring the Roman Empire
Perhaps merging italy with Vichy France will do that.
Another possible way to achieve a new Roman Empire is indeed a victorious Italy in WWII annexing/colonizing a few African colonies and dominating the Mediterranean. After all, that was Mussolini's dream....
how could they unite with romania,france and spain?If Italy joins with the CP in WWI and that leads to CP victory Italy could get Savoy, Corsica and Tunisia from France and maybe Malta, Gibraltar from Britain. During the Spanish Civil War they could sieze the Ballaerics.
Axis victory and Italy gets French, British North Africa, and Middle-eastern territories, also occupies Greece, Macedonia and parts of Yugoslavia, declares Roman Empire "restored"
In reality though a German victory in WWI is actually not that far away from Germany been a new Rome.
The central problem with a territorial "New Rome" (as opposed to one existing in Mussolini's rhetoric or historian's comparisons, which are perfectly plausible and indeed already exist) is the moving of centres of power. Brittania was a backwater in Roman Times; by WW1, its one of the industrial motors of the world. In terms of population, industry, and the development of the state, power had not only moved north but become a lot more widely and evenly spread. The establishment of a hegemonic empire over so vast an area was no longer feasible. The nearest anyone came was the Nazis, and they of course overstretched themselves and fell apart.
In modern times the only possibility is a Napoleonic (I ) Empire that become "West Roman Empire"; but this is in XIX century.What country would likely do it if they won?