CLA 30 Lecture 1: CLA 30 Lecture 1 (pt 2)
Document Summary
Came into history later than the greeks. Originally only controlled only a small area of central greek. By the time of christ, had a huge empire over the mediterranean. Eventually, they slowly let people into their empire. Spread their latin language of west mediterranean. Greek remained the common language of eastern mediterranean. This is the divide of the mediterranean. The romans admired and imitated the greek culture. They adopted greek culture, and brought in some greek words. Roman empire slowly fell apart, but their latin language remained the dominant language in west europe. At the same time, latin slowly changed to become the modern romance languages. Because it does not directly descend from latin. Romans dominated them, and celtics were forced to learn latin. Language of the celts turned into modern europe languages. For the most part, celtic speakers disappeared. As the roman empire grew weaker, germans began to rule w.
