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Mare Nostrum (Latin for “Our Sea”) was a common Roman name for the Mediterranean Sea.
- What is the old name of Mediterranean Sea?
- What is the Mediterranean sea in Latin?
- What was the Mediterranean sea in ancient times?
- What is the Mediterranean sea in ancient Greek?
What is the old name of Mediterranean Sea?
Known in English and the romance languages as the sea "between the lands", the Mediterranean goes and has gone by many names: Our Sea, for the Romans, the White Sea (Akdeniz) for the Turks, the Great Sea (Yam Gadol) for the Jews, the Middle Sea (Mittelmeer) for the Germans and more doubtfully the Great Green for the ...
What is the Mediterranean sea in Latin?
Mare Nostrum (/ˌmɑːrɪ ˈnɒstrəm/; Latin: "Our Sea") was a Roman name for the Mediterranean Sea.
What was the Mediterranean sea in ancient times?
When Augustus founded the Roman Empire, the Mediterranean sea began to be called Mare Nostrum (Latin: "Our Sea") by the Romans. Their empire was centered on this sea and all the area was full of commerce and naval development. For the first time in history, an entire sea (the Mediterranean) was free of piracy.
What is the Mediterranean sea in ancient Greek?
The Ancient Greeks called the Mediterranean simply ἡ θάλασσα (hē thálassa; 'the Sea') or sometimes ἡ μεγάλη θάλασσα (hē megálē thálassa; 'the Great Sea'), ἡ ἡμετέρα θάλασσα (hē hēmetérā thálassa; 'Our Sea'), or ἡ θάλασσα ἡ καθ'ἡμᾶς (hē thálassa hē kath'hēmâs; 'the sea around us').
