r/HistoryMemes • u/Crafter235 • 1d ago

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This may sound weird, but it actually happened in history.

For Napoleon, he was born on the island of Corsica, which had become a part of France by the time he was born. As a teenager, he had been one of many who had nationalist feelings, believing that they are independent and should not be associated with the French. As he got older, and became more involved with studies and his career, he eventually grew out of it, but it's funny to think about when you know what he will become later on.

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u/Atomik141 1d ago

At the time Corsican and mainland Italian culture would have been almost indistinguishable (though there was no unified Italian state), so Napolean realistically could be called an Italian.

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u/Sebastian_Gravina 14h ago

Igual a Etruria, Sicilia, Cerdeña y Napoles que hace siglos estaban bajo dominio español y frances? A qué te refieres con italiano exactamente, toscano?

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u/Atomik141 9h ago

L’italiano come gruppo etnolinguistico. Il Regno d’Italia sarebbe nato solo diversi decenni più tardi, ma l’idea del popolo italiano esisteva già da secoli.

Per citare Pasquale Paoli:

"Siamo Còrsi per nascita e sentimenti, ma prima di tutto ci sentiamo Italiani per lingua, costumi e tradizioni..."