Quadrumvirate

Quadrumvirate
   The four men who led the March on Rome were designated field marshals of the Fascist revolution: Italo Balbo, Emilio De Bono, Cesare Maria De Vecchi, and Michele Bianchi, secretary general of the Partito Nazionale Fascista/National Fascist Party (PNF) until 1923. These four constituted the quadrumvirate. All were “Fascists of the first hour.” Of the four, Italo Balbo was the only one toward whom Benito Mussolini showed a certain wariness. The only institutional function performed by the quadrumvirate was membership by right in the Fascist Grand Council.
   See also Fascism; Victor Emmanuel III.

Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. . 2007.

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  • quadrumvirate — noun A group of four men, especially four men joined in authority …   Wiktionary

  • quadrumvirate — n. governing body composed of four people …   English contemporary dictionary

  • quadrumvirate — qua·drum·vi·rate …   English syllables

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  • quadrumvirate —    a unit of quantity equal to 4. The word was coined on the pattern of triumvirate …   Dictionary of units of measurement

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