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<blockquote data-quote="The Amazing Dingo" data-source="post: 1860413" data-attributes="member: 23353">Latin was spoken for well more then just a few hundred years.&nbsp; It was nearly 700 years from the founding of Rome to its &quot;collapse&quot; (scholars argue over this date since there are several possible events to point at for the collapse).&nbsp; Nonetheless, it was spoken by every citizen (if you couldn't speak it you were considered to just say ba-ba (like a baby)...hence, our word babarian) and you could only be considered a citizen if you spoke it.&nbsp; (All of that concerns the Roman Republic and a good amount of the Empire, however during the collapse, that drastically changed as those barbarians were given &quot;citizenship&quot; in order to join the army and protect the empire.)There were also several different version of latin.&nbsp; You had the common/vulgar latin along with what I'll call the Upper Class latin.&nbsp; At the same time, this language was spoken for thousands of years across the Mediteranean.&nbsp; Look at how diverse English is between the United State and Great Britian.&nbsp; And then let that time expand over hundreds and years they begin to differentiate even more.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Amazing Dingo, post: 1860413, member: 23353"] Latin was spoken for well more then just a few hundred years. It was nearly 700 years from the founding of Rome to its "collapse" (scholars argue over this date since there are several possible events to point at for the collapse). Nonetheless, it was spoken by every citizen (if you couldn't speak it you were considered to just say ba-ba (like a baby)...hence, our word babarian) and you could only be considered a citizen if you spoke it. (All of that concerns the Roman Republic and a good amount of the Empire, however during the collapse, that drastically changed as those barbarians were given "citizenship" in order to join the army and protect the empire.) There were also several different version of latin. You had the common/vulgar latin along with what I'll call the Upper Class latin. At the same time, this language was spoken for thousands of years across the Mediteranean. Look at how diverse English is between the United State and Great Britian. And then let that time expand over hundreds and years they begin to differentiate even more. [/QUOTE]

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