His "fighting bands" stuck together like the rods and axes carried by the lictors in ancient Rome that gave his party a name.
After his fall, he was installed as the puppet ruler of the Social Republic at Saló. Once expelled from Switzerland for vagrancy, he returned home to Forli and became the editor of the Socialist newspaper Avanti!. He later ran Il Popolo D'Italia and nurtured a grudge against the Socialists for expelling him. His "fighting bands" stuck together like the rods and axes carried by the lictors in ancient Rome that gave his party a name. Solidifying his power in the Matteoti Crisis and March on Rome was, for 10 points, what leader of the Fascist party who led Italy into World War II?
After his fall, he was installed as the puppet ruler of the Social Republic at Saló.
Benito Amilcare Andrea {Mussolini} [prompt on Il {Duce}]