HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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French
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Italian
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Latin
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English
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Detailed explanation-1: -Latin and Greek were the dominant languages of the Roman Empire, but other languages were regionally important. Latin was the original language of the Romans and remained the language of imperial administration, legislation, and the military throughout the classical period.
Detailed explanation-2: -Latin can be said to be the origin of the romance languages, Italian (obviously), French, Portuguese, Spanish and some less wide-spread languages all based in Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -The answer to this question is a simple one; it was the Romans themselves who referred to their language as lingua Latīna-“the Latin language” (literally ‘tongue’).
Detailed explanation-4: -Along with Latin (which is not included among the Romance languages) and a few extinct languages of ancient Italy, they make up the Italic branch of the Indo-European family.