[1] He was elected deputy from the constituency of Verona in the XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV and XXVI legislature of the Kingdom of Italy; politically, he joined the ranks of the moderate liberals.

[3] Colosimo and Rossi also agreed on the establishment of colonial citizenship for the Arab population of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania, drawing explicitly on the assimilationist policies of classical Rome as their historical model.

[4] As minister he stipulated a convention according to which the insurgent Arab forces recognized Italian sovereignty over Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, in exchange for large autonomy in the area directly controlled by their leader Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi.

[6] Although he was Minister of Justice for only five months, Rossi attempted to take a firmer line than his predecessors Luigi Fera and Giulio Rodinò against attacks on public order by the rising fascist movement.

[7] In July 1922 his circulars grew more frequent; those dated 8, 12 and 15 of the month indicate his frustration that the courts are not impartially applying the law to crimes of a political nature.