Thread:Byz-Venetikos/@comment-45659987-20201018184312/@comment-32919735-20201018232909

However, it was one of Mussolini's driving forces to absolute power

On many occasions, he was the one who called the King up to arms and take over Ethiopia

Regardless of whether or not he did have power, Mussolini was certainly the one who influenced the KJing to take charge in the first place

Even then, as Mussolini and the King worked together for more and more years, the more and more the two began to despise each other

After all, Mussolini was an anti-monarchist

Furthermore, he was sworn into office in AD 1922, years prior to the invasion of Ethiopia, which means that yes he did have power, power that was absolute - equal to the King's