Who is the founder of Italy?

Italy was not founded by a single individual, but rather emerged over centuries through the coalescence of various civilizations, cultures, and city-states in the Italian peninsula.

However, many historians attribute the unification of Italy under a single state to Giuseppe Garibaldi and Camillo Benso, the leading figures of the unification movement called the Risorgimento. In this context, Giuseppe Garibaldi and Camillo Benso can be viewed as unifiers rather than founders of Italy as a nation.