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The '''Mediterranean Sea''', or the '''Med''', ([[AUDIO]]: | The '''Mediterranean Sea''', or the '''Med''', ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Enemy Beyond (audio story)}}) was a [[sea]] located between [[Africa]] and [[Europe]]. It was known by the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] as the '''Mare Nostra'''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Warlords of Utopia (novel)}}) | ||
== Geography == | == Geography == | ||
It was a landlocked and virtually tideless sea. ([[AUDIO]]: | It was a landlocked and virtually tideless sea. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Stealers from Saiph (audio story)}}) | ||
The port city of [[Alexandria]] was located on the Mediterranean. ([[PROSE]]: | The port city of [[Alexandria]] was located on the Mediterranean. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ruby's Curse (novel)}}) The [[island]] of [[Lemnos]] was located within the Mediterranean. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Torchwood: The Encyclopedia (reference book)}}) | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
In [[BC#1st century B.C.|39 BC]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] arrived on a Roman ship in the Mediterranean Sea which was unknowingly transporting a [[Gold Assassin]] to [[Cleopatra]]. ([[COMIC]]: | In [[BC#1st century B.C.|39 BC]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] arrived on a Roman ship in the Mediterranean Sea which was unknowingly transporting a [[Gold Assassin]] to [[Cleopatra]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Golden Slumbers (comic story)}}) | ||
In [[64]] [[AD]], [[Ian Chesterton]] was taken as a [[slave]] and placed on a slave ship travelling across the Mediterranean Sea, but it subsequently was damaged in rough seas and broke up, allowing him and another slave to escape. ([[TV]]: | In [[64]] [[AD]], [[Ian Chesterton]] was taken as a [[slave]] and placed on a slave ship travelling across the Mediterranean Sea, but it subsequently was damaged in rough seas and broke up, allowing him and another slave to escape. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Romans (TV story)}}) | ||
Following the [[1346]] [[siege of Kaffa]], in which [[Janibeg Khan]]'s [[Mongol]] [[army]] introduced the [[bubonic plague]] to the [[city]], [[Genoese]] [[merchant]]s took the [[disease]] to the Mediterranean [[port]]s of [[southern Europe]] from where it spread throughout the [[continent]], eventually killing a third of the [[population]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Bunker Soldiers (novel)}}) | Following the [[1346]] [[siege of Kaffa]], in which [[Janibeg Khan]]'s [[Mongol]] [[army]] introduced the [[bubonic plague]] to the [[city]], [[Genoese]] [[merchant]]s took the [[disease]] to the Mediterranean [[port]]s of [[southern Europe]] from where it spread throughout the [[continent]], eventually killing a third of the [[population]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Bunker Soldiers (novel)}}) | ||
In [[1966]], the ''[[SS Jolly Wanderer]]'' sailed on the Mediterranean Sea. ([[AUDIO]]: | In [[1966]], the ''[[SS Jolly Wanderer]]'' sailed on the Mediterranean Sea. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Steel Cascade (audio story)}}) | ||
[[Adam Merchant|Professor Adam Merchant]] once unearthed a three-thousand-year-old [[Egypt]]ian [[ship]]wreck beneath the Mediterranean. ([[AUDIO]]: | [[Adam Merchant|Professor Adam Merchant]] once unearthed a three-thousand-year-old [[Egypt]]ian [[ship]]wreck beneath the Mediterranean. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Enemy Beyond (audio story)}}) | ||
== Parallel universe == | == Parallel universe == | ||
In [[Roma V]], the Mare Nostra was just a river after it was drained to irrigate the [[Sahara Desert]]. ([[PROSE]]: | In [[Roma V]], the Mare Nostra was just a river after it was drained to irrigate the [[Sahara Desert]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Warlords of Utopia (novel)}}) | ||
== Other references == | == Other references == | ||
