statue of an Atleta che scaglia una pietra (athlete throwing a stone), for example, the athlete's pose lacks signs of any physical exertion. The Stadio dei Marmi exemplifies the ancient body politic metaphor: the important interrelationship between the ideal male body and the ideal nation. Its large-scale athletic sculptures represent the idealized, strong, masculine body that was fundamental to Fascist ideology while strengthening the belief that through sports 'mens sana in corpore sano' (healthy mind in a healthy body) can be achieved. The Olympic games and subsequent use Prior to World War II, Italy's Fascist regime invested in large-scale construction projects such as the new neighborhood Esposizione Universale Roma (EUR), which included the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, and the Foro Mussolini (now known as the Foro Italico), which contained the Stadio dei Marmi. To this day, these monuments, buildings, stadiums, statues, and neighborhoods are incorporated into Italy's past, culture, and history, due to both the lack of funds in post-war Italy to rebuild major districts and buildings and the presence and persistence of Fascist ideology. After the Fascist regime was defeated in 1943, the Foro Italico was not destroyed and demolished because it was used by the Allied military as a refuge center. Following Mussolini's reign (1922 to 1943), the Stadio dei Marmi has been continuously used for various sporting events including the 1960 Summer Olympic Games, when it hosted the field hockey tournament. The 1960 Olympic Games presented an opportunity to unveil Italy's new democratic identity. Leading up to the Olympic Games, officials began debating the obvious fascist insignia, mosaics, and elements surrounding the sporting complex and how the world might respond to them. At the time, visitors from all around the world arrived at the Foro Italico, passing the sixty-foot tall marble obelisk with the inscription 'Mussolini Dux' and then witnessing an array of mosaics and marble slabs celebrating both the Fascist leader and the movement. During the 1960s, there was a strong political divide between the left and the right. As the left came to power and suggested removing overtly Fascist symbols within and surrounding the Olympic stadium, there was substantial Fascist opposition. The Neo-Fascists, supported by the Movimento Sociale Italiano, demanded that: 'la storia non si cancella' (history must not be erased). Two of the extremely inflammatory inscriptions were taken down, but many were preserved out of fear that those who celebrated Fascism and its ideology