... needed to defend France in the Franco-Prussian war. It is also important to acknowledge the three attempts that Garibaldi made on Rome in 1860, 1862 and 1867. Clearly Garibaldi had always tried to justify his mentor Mazzini's principle of the 'Young Italy' in his bid to uphold it's belief that without complete unity (Rome's inclusion) then there would never be unification. Garibaldi could have made himself a dictator of an independent southern Italy when he conquered Sicily, however the idea of national unity was important to him. His three consecutive quests on Rome indicate that Rome was a necessary factor for Italian Unification. Also, it should not be forgotten that if Cavour had not intervened at the Papal States to stop Garibaldi marching in on Rome, there would have been a likely chance of a civil war breaking out. Ultimately, this would have slowed the unification process and quite possibly ...

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