It has been claimed[by whom?] that pan-Latinism originated in Italy in the medieval era with Italian poet Dante Alighieri who spoke in favour of the idea in an imperial form of world or at least European domination by Latins.[3] The term "pan-Latinism" was coined by Torres de Caicedo (1830–1889).[4] Pan-Latinism originated on the idea of a common Latin race.[5]