Italian general and politician who was the military hero of Italian unification — conquering Sicily and Naples with his Thousand in 1860 — and whose romantic heroism made him the most celebrated figure of 19th century European nationalism.
Embodied the Romantic nationalist hero — the soldier of liberty who fights not for pay or conquest but for the freedom of peoples — making him the human face of Italian unification and the most popular figure in 19th century European politics across partisan lines.
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