WORLD CIVILIZATION

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ROMAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did Latin spread throughout Western civilization?
A
Latin became widely spoken in Greece and spread as Greeks conquered Europe
B
Latin became widely spoken in Rome and spread as Romans conquered Europe
C
Latin was taught in Asia and spread throughout the empire
D
All of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Originally spoken by small groups of people living along the lower Tiber River, Latin spread with the increase of Roman political power, first throughout Italy and then throughout most of western and southern Europe and the central and western Mediterranean coastal regions of Africa.

Detailed explanation-2: -Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the Roman Republic it became the dominant language in the Italian region and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire.

Detailed explanation-3: -Romanization or Latinization (Romanisation or Latinisation), in the historical and cultural meanings of both terms, indicate different historical processes, such as acculturation, integration and assimilation of newly incorporated and peripheral populations by the Roman Republic and the later Roman Empire.

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