They called it Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) because they controlled most of the territories surrounding it and the islands in it.
Another term used by historians is to call it a "Roman Lake".
the Mediterranean Sea was called "mare nostrum" by the ancient Romans. "mare" is the Latin word for "sea", and "nostrum" means "our", so the Mediterraneans thought of that sea as "Our sea.) You can think of "mare" when you meet maritime, mariner, submarine.........
Via the Suez Canal
The Romans called him Neptune.
The Romans called the Mediterranean our sea because they conquered all the peoples who lived on its shores.
The Romans did not call the Mediterranean "Your Sea". They called it "Our Sea", or Mare Nostrum, because they gained much power around the Mediterranean Sea, which therefore justified the Romans calling it their own sea.
And the Greeks called him Poseidon.
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The Romans called him Neptune.
The Romans called him Neptune. The Greeks called him Poseidon.
The Romans conquered all the lands on the shores of the Mediterranean. This made theMediterraneanthe world of the Romans. They called this sea mare nostrum, our sea.
Because the Romans conquered everything that surrounded the Mediterranean Sea.
The only country that borders the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea is Turkey. Its capital is Ankara.