---
title: 'Graziani, ''Verso il Fezzan'' (Tripoli, 1930): title page with Badoglio preface and Virgil motto'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/graziani-verso-il-fezzan-title-page-1930/
description: Title page of a general's account of the Italian advance into the Fezzan, printed in Tripoli.
section: Collection
---

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# Graziani, 'Verso il Fezzan' (Tripoli, 1930): title page with Badoglio preface and Virgil motto

Title page of a general's account of the Italian advance into the Fezzan, printed in Tripoli. Under the red title it announces a preface by a Marshal of Italy, Pietro Badoglio, 'Marquis of Sabotino', and sets a Latin line from Virgil as the motto: 'Parcere subiectis et debellare superbos'. The tell: the colonial campaign is introduced through the senior marshal's name and a Roman imperial motto, so the book's authority and framing come from rank and Roman precedent, not from any stated evidence.

## Text on the object

Original (Italian) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
GEN. RODOLFO GRAZIANI

VERSO IL FEZZAN

CON PREFAZIONE DI
S. E. IL MARESCIALLO D'ITALIA PIETRO BADOGLIO
MARCHESE DEL SABOTINO

PARCERE SUBIECTIS
ET DEBELLARE SVPERBOS
Virgilio (En.)

EDITORE F. CACOPARDO - TRIPOLI
ANNO VIII
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
GEN. RODOLFO GRAZIANI

TOWARDS THE FEZZAN

WITH A PREFACE BY
HIS EXCELLENCY THE MARSHAL OF ITALY PIETRO BADOGLIO
MARQUIS OF SABOTINO

TO SPARE THE SUBJECTED
AND TO WAR DOWN THE PROUD
Virgil (Aeneid)

PUBLISHER F. CACOPARDO - TRIPOLI
YEAR VIII
```

The motto is printed with a V for U in 'SVPERBOS', kept as printed. Translation is a machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader.

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