Description of stamp

Roman naval power. Mare Nostrum.

Text: CLASSIS MEA PER OCEANVM
My fleet (sailed) on the Ocean

Extract from Mon.Anc. 26:
Classis mea per oceanum ab ostio Rheni ad solis orientis regionem usque ad fines Cimbrorum navigavit.
My fleet navigated the Ocean from the mouth of the Rhine eastward as far as the lands of the Cimbri.

Roman warships

The Fascists built up one of the most modern navies of the day as a vehicle to controll the Mediterranean, which they called "mare nostrum", "our sea".

Michel 583, Sassone 423, AFA 515
Date of issue: 1937
Face value: 1.25 l.

Date created: 22/03/00 11:41:49

Date of issue: 1937

Face value: 1.25 l. Date created: 22/03/00 11:41:49

Face value: 1.25 l.

Date created: 22/03/00 11:41:49