Meditteraneanism Does Mediterraneanism merit its own article It seems to be a reactionary counter Nordicist movement One of the earliest examples I can find is in an issue of The Fascist by the Imperial Fascist League a British Nordicist Fascist group In issue 65 October 1934 it quotes Mussolini as saying We can afford to look with disdain upon these doctrines which are coming from the North In the South we had Virgil Cicero and Augustus before the Germanic Race could either read or write This seems to be a promoting a sort of Mediterraneanism the superiority of Mediterranean culture and civilization though not necessarily race although it might be implied over the Nordic one Mediterraneanism is also discussed by Aaron Gillette in his book Racial Theories in Fascist Italy