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Apr 1, 2021 · Jürgen Leonhardt has written a full history of Latin from antiquity to the present, uncovering how this once parochial dialect developed into a vehicle of global communication that remained vital long after its spoken form was supplanted by modern languages.
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That was when Latin largely ceased to be a language in active use, although it continued to be taught because it was viewed as crucial to the education and cultivation of the individual. Wherever the European tradition of education was valued, Latin continued to hold pride of place in the schools.
Nov 25, 2013 · Jürgen Leonhardt has written a full history of Latin from antiquity to the present, uncovering how this once parochial dialect developed into a vehicle of global communication that remained...
- Jürgen Leonhardt
- Latin: Story of a World Language
- illustrated
- Kenneth Kronenberg
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on?that would ensure that Latin remained the official language of Western Europe. The Eastern part of the Empire had never given up Greek for Latin, and after the two halves of the Empire split away from each other, Latin became essentially a foreign language in the Greek speaking East. In the West, however, Latin became more entrenched,
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Historical Latin came from the prehistoric language of the Latium region, specifically around the River Tiber, where Roman civilization first developed. How and when Latin came to be spoken has long been debated.
