History of the Mediterranean region Alexandria. Mesopotamia became a fringe border region between the Roman Empire and the Persians. 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. For several centuries, the Mediterranean was a "Roman Lake", surrounded on all sides by the empire. The empire began to crumble, however, in the fifth century and Rome collapsed after 476 CE.
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