Use the quotation to answer the question. either the government will be given to us or we shall seize it by marching on rome. –mussolini what was the result of the action mussolini describes here? mussolini was arrested and jailed. mussolini was legally appointed to head the government. italy became a socialist totalitarian state. mussolini's forces overthrew the king and seized power.

In 1922, the Fascists made a bid for power. At a rally in Naples, they announced their intention to go to Rome to demand that the government make changes. In the March on Rome, tens of thousands of Fascists swarmed toward the capital. Fearing civil war, King Victor Emmanuel III asked Mussolini to form a government as prime minister. Mussolini entered the city triumphantly on October 30, 1922. Without firing a shot, Mussolini thus obtained a legal appointment from the king to lead Italy.

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