Gramsci rejected the fascist analogy equating Mussolini with Caesar

Evidence

As is clear from another note (PP, p. 189) this term was suggested to Gramsci by the analogy commonly drawn in fascist Italy between Caesar and Mussolini. Gramsci pours scorn on the “theory of Caesarism”, on the idea that Caesar “transformed Rome from a city-state into the capital of the Empire” and by implication on the idea that Mussolini had effected a similar transformation in the status of modern Italy. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2257

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the term ‘Caesarism’ as a fascist-era analogy between Mussolini and Caesar that Gramsci explicitly rejected.