The Mediterranean Sea, mare nostrum.

Mare Nostrum (Latin for Our Sea) was a Roman name for the Mediterranean Sea. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC In the years following the unification of Italy in 1861, the term was revived by Italian nationalists who believed that Italy was the successor state to the Roman Empire^[1], and should seek to control ex-Roman territories in the Mediterranean. Italian Unification ( Italian: il Risorgimento, or "The Resurgence" was the political and social movement that unified different states of the Italian The term was again used by Benito Mussolini for use in fascist propaganda, in a similar manner to Adolf Hitler's lebensraum. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately ( German for " habitat " or literally "living space" served as a major motivation for Nazi Germany 's territorial aggression

Roman Usage

The term mare nostrum originally was used by Romans to refer to the Tyrrhenian Sea, following its conquest of Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica during the Punic Wars with Carthage. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC The Tyrrhenian Sea (Mar Tirreno is part of the Mediterranean Sea off of the western coast of Italy. Sicily ( Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia) is an autonomous region of Italy. Sardinia (sɑrˈdɪnɪə Sardegna Sardigna or Sardinnya is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily) Corsica (Corse Corsican and Italian: Corsica) is the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage between 264 and 146 BC and were probably the largest wars yet of the ancient Carthage (Καρχηδών Karkhēdōn, Carthago from the Phoenician קרת חדשת phn-Latn Qart-ḥadašt meaning new town) refers By 30 BC, Roman domination extended from Spain to Egypt, and mare nostrum began to be used in the context of the whole Mediterranean Sea. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. ^[2]

Italian Nationalist Usage

The rise of Italian nationalism during the "Scramble for Africa" of the 1880s led to calls for the establishment of an Italian colonial empire. The Scramble for Africa, also known as the Race for Africa, was the proliferation of conflicting European claims to African territory during the New The Italian colonial empire was created after the Kingdom of Italy joined other European powers in establishing colonies overseas during the " Scramble for Africa The phrase was first revived by the Italian poet Gabriele d'Annunzio. Gabriele d'Annunzio ( 12 March 1863 &ndash 1 March 1938) was an Italian Poet, Journalist, Novelist

Even if the coast of Tripoli were a desert, even if it would not support one peasant or one Italian business firm, we still need to take it to avoid being suffocated in mare nostrum

—Emilio Lupi, ^[3]

Fascist Usage

Mussolini wanted to re-establish the greatness of the Roman Empire and believed that Italy was the most powerful of the Mediterranean countries after World War I. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All He declared that "the twentieth century will be a century of Italian power" and created one of the most powerful navies of the world in order to control the Mediterranean Sea. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on ^[4]

In 1942 Mussolini dreamed to create a Greater Italia in his "Mare Nostrum" and promoted the fascist project -to be realized in a future peace conference after the expected Axis victory- of an enlarged Italian Empire, stretching from the Mediterranean shores of Egypt to the Indian Ocean shores of Somalia and eastern Kenya. Italian Colonial Empire Greater Italy ( Italian Grande Italia) or Imperial Italy, was an ambitious project envisioned by fascist Italy in which the objective The Axis powers also known as the Axis alliance Axis nations Axis countries or sometimes just the Axis were those Countries The Italian colonial empire was created after the Kingdom of Italy joined other European powers in establishing colonies overseas during the " Scramble for Africa This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south All these projects disappeared with the final Italian defeat of September 1943.

References

Bibliography

• Lowe, C. J. (2002). Italian Foreign Policy 1870-1940. Routledge.  
• Tellegen-Couperus, Olga (1993). Short History of Roman Law. Routledge.  

Notes

See also

• Italian Colonial Empire