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Mare Nostrum

For other uses, see Mare Nostrum (disambiguation).
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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