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".
One was gaining power over more land and the natural resources that it had. Another was to control sea ports because of this the Mediterranean Sea was once called the Roman Lake. This allowed for taxation of imported goods.
Once upon a time in an olive rich part of the world, tiny little Latin men conquered the area around a little lake called the Mediterranean. Then one day they were gone. The End.
It's a song by The Corrs. Lough Erin is the largest lake in Ireland. The tune is to Francie Mooney's Gleanntainn Ghlas Ghaoth Dobhair There is no Lough Erin in Ireland - Erin is a romantic name for the country of Ireland . There is a large lake in the north of Ireland called Lough Erne . People sometimes confuse the two names . The tune "Lough Erin" is sometimes called "Erin's Shore".
It's just called the Lake.
A small mountain lake is also called a tarn, pool, or cistern.
1) the Mediterranean Sea is virtually enclosed. It is connected to other bodies of water only by two straits (the Strait of Gibraltar connects it to the Atlantic and the Bosphorus which connects it to the Black Sea). Therefore it looks like a massive lake. 2) the Roman conquered all the lands on the shores of the Mediterranean and this sea was the heart of the Roman Empire. Hence the expression Roman lake.
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The Romans called the Mediterranean sea mare nostrum which means "our sea" in Latin. This was because Rome ruled everything in it and around it. The Mediterranean was literally a lake in the middle of the empire.
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".
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".
One was gaining power over more land and the natural resources that it had. Another was to control sea ports because of this the Mediterranean Sea was once called the Roman Lake. This allowed for taxation of imported goods.
The Romans once controlled all around the border of the Mediterranean sea, it was once call the roman lake
The seas that touched the Roman empire are the Tyrrhenian, the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, the Black Sea. the North Sea, the Aegean Sea, the Ionian Sea, and the Adriatic.
Mussolini believed in creating in a New Roman Empire. It would stretch from Spain to Romania, Ethiopia to the Balkans and turning the Mediterranean sea into a 'Roman Lake'.
You are thinking of Lake Victoria. However the Nile flows into the Mediterranean Sea the condom river is the largest
Once upon a time in an olive rich part of the world, tiny little Latin men conquered the area around a little lake called the Mediterranean. Then one day they were gone. The End.