Identità e diversità, amicizia ed egoismo tra Italia e Romania nel corso del XIX secolo
Identity and Diversity, Friendship and Selfishness between Italy and Romania during the 19th Century

Summary/Abstract: The political course which led Italy and Romania to achieve their unity in the XIX century brings to light identities and differences between these two countries. The Renaissance of the two countries reveals a different orientation towards corresponding Churches. The first part of the XIX century represents the historical phase during which the common battle against restoration made the values and the aspirations of the two countries to meet. Romania will follow Italy as a political model, as a model for all national movements. After unlucky events in biennium 1848–1849, the lucky ones followed in the years 1859–1861: Italy and Romania could gain their national unity. They were carachterized by many similarities and by many differences too. Transition from the “heroical phase” to “realistic one” in Italo Romanian relationships was about in 1880. In the years after 1888 (in which Italy accessed the 1883 Austro Romanian Treaty) friendship between Italy and Romania was a “passive one”. For both two parties relationship had a utilitaristic meaning. For what concerns Italy, there is a clear example: it wanted to achieve Veneto by giving to Austria Romanian Principates. It was a cynical computation.

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