Mare Nostrum to Egypt, and "mare nostrum" began to be used in the context of the whole Mediterranean Sea. Other names were also employed, including "mare internum" ("Internal Sea"), but these did not include "mare mediterraneum", which was a late Latin creation only attested to well after the Fall of Rome. 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 phrase was first revived by the Italian poet Gabriele d'Annunzio. The term was again taken up by Benito Mussolini for use in fascist propaganda, in a
A.S. Ostia Mare Lido Calcio A.S. Ostia Mare Lido Calcio Associazione Sportiva Ostia Mare Lido Calcio is an Italian association football club located in Ostia, a "frazione" of Rome, Lazio. It currently plays in Serie D. Although a company that represented what was still a village already existed in 1923 as "Associazione Sportiva Ostia", the Associazione Sportiva Ostia Mare Lido Calcio officially by that name existed since 1945. It played for many years in the minor leagues until 1983 when it was in the championship of Prima Categoria (then the second-level football on a regional basis), did not buy a sports title of another company