Ancient romans to modern Italians
By hal9000
@hal9000 (8)
Ireland
July 7, 2008 10:04am CST
Does anyone know when did the romans stop speaking Latin and start speaking Italian....this has been wrecking my head for years.
1 response
@umart13 (841)
• Ireland
8 Jul 08
This is a very good question. Apparently the answer lies in the fact that the Romans may only have used Latin in writing, but that the original latin had split into many dialects throughout the empire. Look up "Vulgar Latin" on Wikipedia.
