A racist and anti-semitic romanità. The racial laws of 1938 and the Institute of Roman Studies
This article offers a close reading of the initiatives following the racial laws promoted by the Institute of
Roman Studies, an institution operating in synergy with the political culture and imperial ambitions of the fascist regime
by supporting and influencing its rhetoric of romanità and the use of symbols and myths of the “Third Rome”. Refusing
the interpretation of racial laws as a temporary phase of Italian history completely alien to the country’s cultural context,