Mare Nostrum

The Roman Empire at its farthest extent in AD 117. Note, however, that the Sea is called Mare Internum, "Inner Sea," on this map.

Mare Nostrum (/ˌmɑːrɪ ˈnɒstrəm/;[1] Latin: "Our Sea") was a Roman name for the Mediterranean Sea. In Classical Latin, it would have been pronounced [ˈma.rɛ ˈnɔs.t̪rʊ̃ː], and in Ecclesiastical Latin, it is pronounced [ˈmaː.rɛ ˈnɔs.t̪rum].

In the decades following the 1861 unification of Italy, Italian nationalists and Italian fascists who saw Italy as the successor state to the Roman Empire attempted to revive the term.[2]

  1. ^ "Mare Nostrum". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  2. ^ Lowe (2002), p.34

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