Use the map below to answer the following question:

why have historians referred to the mediterranean sea as a "roman lake"? (4 points)

it was as large as any lake in the world.

it was completely enclosed and controlled by the roman empire.

it extended from spain in the west to syria in the east.

only roman citizens were allowed to fish in it or swim in it.

It was controlled by the Roman Empire, and only Roman citizens were allowed to fish or swim in it. Hope that helps!

the answer is B

Explanation: This was completely controlled by the roman empire and it was enclosed and all of the boarders of Rome were covering it.

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the romans were initially interested in expansion via sicily (which at that time was a cultural melting pot), part of which lay under carthaginian control. at the start of the first punic war (264-241 bc), carthage was the dominant power of the western mediterranean, with an extensive maritime empire