This essay addresses the importance of, and my personal debt to Roger Griffin’s definition of ‘generic fascism’ for understanding the interwar Romanian context. Zooming in on the palingenetic element in legionary ideology as the primary focus of the chapter, I first provide a brief outline of its articulation by the legionary movement as spiritual and moral regeneration, as a ‘resurrection of Romania’. This is followed by sections that summarise three specific ways in which Roger’s concept of palingenesis has underpinned my work, and where—hopefully—I have taken it into new directions. The first of these deals with the impact of the Legion’s palingenetic project on the movement’s anti-Semitism and its contribution to its specific radicalism and violence. The second addresses the temporalities of palingenesis as articulated in legionary ideology, and the impact these had on legitimating violence and rendering it compatible with the movement’s self-professed spiritual character. The third and final section explores the importance of palingenesis for shedding light on the mutual recognitions of ideological affinities between European fascist movements and regimes, for the forging of international links between them, and, ultimately, for understanding transnational fascism and its visions of the global.