The word 'Fascism' has been derived from Italian wich 'Fascio' which means union or league. It also refers to the ancient Roman symbol of power; the phases was a bundle of sticks bound to an axe that symbolized civic unity and the authority of roman officials to punish wrongdoers. Thus, Fascism mean autocracy or dictatorship where the power of the State is vested in one man only and it is obligatory for all the others to obey his orders. Fascism was an intensely nationalistic, anti-communist and anti-democratic movement which served as model to dictorial regimes in Italy and Germany.
