Ethiopia: beginning of fascist imperialism Mussolini's fascist regime seizes power in Italy in 1922, marking the start of an anti-democratic wave. This regime aimed to resurrect the concept of the Mare Nostrum, envisioning the Mediterranean Sea as an inland sea of a new Roman empire, as depicted in the second card. To prevent conflicts with other empires, Mussolini turned his ambitions towards Abyssinia, the last independent African nation.
