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-'''Latin''' is an ancient language originally from the town of [[Latium]] which was conquered by the [[Ancient Rome|ancient Romans]]. In the ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Virgil]] suggests that the reason that the conquering peoples (the Romans) adopted the Latin language (of the Latins) was because of a deal brokered between the [[Roman god|goddess]] [[Juno]] and her husband (and brother) [[Jupiter]], on the condition that [[Aeneas]] would be able to found the city of [[Rome]] if the Latin language was allowed to predominate. But the real reasons why Latin came to dominate are not well understood. When Rome conquered the lands and peoples surrounding the [[Mediterranean Sea]], Latin became the standard language or ''[[lingua franca]]'' of the civilized world. After the fall of the Roman Empire, Latin was preserved in monasteries in [[Western Europe]] and it remained the language of scholarship and study.
-Latin is thought of as a [[Romance language]] and has an important influence on the subsequent development of other languages throughout [[Europe]], including [[Aragonese language|Aragonese]], [[Corsican language|Corsican]], [[Catalan language|Catalan]], [[French language|French]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Romanian language|Romanian]], [[Sardinian language|Sardinian]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and others.<ref>{{cite book|pages=33–34|title=The mother tongue: English and how it got that way|first=Bill |last=Bryson|location=New York|publisher=Avon Books|year=1996}}</ref> Many languages, including [[English (language)|English]] have a rich mixture of Latin words in their vocabularies.
-==References==
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