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
Mare Nostrum (video game) around Sicily and main land Italy. The first public release of the modification was on 1 March 2008. Subsequent additional releases quickly came to address software bugs and gameplay issues with the 1.1 release on 8 March 2008 and 1.2 release on 23 March 2008. On October 17, 2008, "Mare Nostrum" was released on Steam. Due to Steam's automatic update feature, version numbers were dropped and all further versions were released exclusively on Steam. On December 11, 2009 "Mare Nostrum" received a large content update through Steam which added Steam Achievements, making it the first Red Orchestra mod to do