Italian Empire

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colonial empire historical polity

The Italian Empire was the colonial and imperial domain established and pursued by Fascist Italy under Benito Mussolini, encompassing territories in Africa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean in an effort to revive a modern Roman-style empire.

Aliases (2)

Italian colonial empire ×4
Italian colonies ×2

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial empire → historical polity →
alliance	Axis Powers →
capital	Rome →
colonialPowerOf	Albania → Corsica (Italian occupation during World War II) → Dalmatia (Italian occupation zones) → Dodecanese Islands → Eritrea → Ethiopia → Ionian Islands (Italian occupation) → Italian East Africa → Italian North Africa → Italian Somaliland → Kosovo (occupied during World War II) → Libya → Montenegro (Italian governorate) → Nice (Italian occupation during World War II) → Rhodes → Savoy (Italian occupation during World War II) →
continent	Africa → Europe →
country	Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED →
currency	Italian lira →
dissolvedFollowing	defeat of Italy in World War II →
endTime	1943 → 1947 →
expansionMethod	annexation → military conquest → occupation →
foreignPolicyGoal	revival of a modern Roman Empire →
governmentType	fascist dictatorship →
headOfGovernment	Benito Mussolini →
headOfState	Victor Emmanuel III of Italy →
historicalModel	Roman Empire →
historicalPredecessor	Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED →
ideology	Italian Fascism →
language	Italian →
leader	Benito Mussolini →
opposedBy	Ethiopia → France → United Kingdom NERFINISHED → Yugoslavia →
region	Balkans → Mediterranean →
rulingParty	National Fascist Party →
significantEvent	Italian invasion of Greece → March on Rome → Second Italo-Ethiopian War → World War II → fall of Mussolini → invasion of Albania →
startTime	1920s → 1922 →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Italian East Africa ("Italian colonial empire") → Italian Libya ("Italian colonial empire") → Italian Somaliland ("Italian colonial empire") →	partOf
Battle for Grain ("Italian colonies") →	appliesToTerritory
Fascist Italy →	claimedTitle
OVRA ("Italian colonies") →	jurisdiction
Amedeo, Duke of Aosta ("Italian colonial empire") →	relatedTo