History A-Level
March on Rome
What March on Rome means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of March on Rome
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A largely bluff threat of illegal violence that successfully intimidated the establishment, rather than an inevitable seizure of power.
Topics that use March on Rome
- 2L Italy and Fascism, c1900–1945 – Mussolini and the establishment of Fascist Italy, 1922–1926 (AQA A-Level)
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