La Voce del Patriota

For the ancient Romans, Europe was not a periphery, but the beating heart of their world. It was the homeland and, at the same time, the frontier, the axis of civilisation and the limit to be protected. The legions deployed along the Rhine and Danube were not limited to containing barbarian incursions; they embodied the defence of a profound idea: a universal order centred on Rome, whose legitimacy was based on the security of the peoples and the continuity of civilisation itself. Although the word 'Europe' did not yet have its modern meaning, the empire already understood a fundamental principle: there can be no civilisation without borders, nor borders without the will to defend them. This insight encapsulates the root of Roman power and, with due proportion, the strategic knot that today's Europe is called upon to unravel. Today, in a world shaken by open wars, hybrid threats and new forms of imperialism, one question resonates...