Days of emperor and clown

The outer archives are busy

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Prologue. Avanti! The rainy season in the Ethiopian highlands ends in September. On September 29, 1935, Benito Mussolini, the dictator of Italy, sent a telegram to the commander of the Italian forces in the East African colony of Eritrea: "Avanti! I order you to begin the advance."

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