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The Spread of Romance and Germanic languages in Europe from 753 BC to AD 247 Ma2 Harris Shenandoah Valley Governor’s School Introduc)on Legend
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Romance languages are spoken by more than 80 million people in 50 countries around the world. The Romance languages came from Vulgar LaJn, an ancient Italic language belonging to the Indo-­‐European family. These languages include Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, and Romanian (Batzarov, 1999). The founding of Rome is generally known to be 753 BC and by the 6th century, Rome had become the dominant power in the area. However, by 265 BC, Rome conquered the enJre Italian peninsula, looking to expand the size of its empire. The last of the Punic Wars, the Third Punic War (149-­‐146 BC) resulted in a massive territory gain for Rome including Spain, northern Africa, Greece, Asia Minor, and Egypt. The south of Gaul (France) was conquered in 125 BC and completely conquered by Julius Caesar in 52 BC (Hemminger, 1997). By AD 476, the Western Roman Empire had fallen, with no more Roman Emperors controlling the West. Through exploraJon and diversion, Romance languages have been able to spread to many countries throughout the world. The evoluJon from a small, central language used by a small group of people is remarkable and evident of the presence of a large empire such as Rome and shows how much language can change through war, people, and exploraJon. !( !(
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Germanic languages was seen as a direct result of the spread of their empire (tribes, in the case of Germanic languages). The dead zone may have been caused by the Alps, which are on the northern border of Italy. Also, because the Germanic tribes were so separated they were able to win key ba_les and defeat large Roman armies, prevenJng their forces from invading present-­‐day Germany. Romance and Germanic languages were researched and three different maps were made. In 500 year intervals, starJng at 753 BC and going to AD 247, Romance and Germanic ciJes were marked and a spline was done to show the spread of the languages over Jme. A dead zone where neither language occupied, was outlined by a separate color. Conclusion !(
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Batzarov, Z. (1999). The romance languages. Retrieved from h_p://
www.orbilat.com/General_Survey/Romance_Languages.html Hemminger, B. (1997). Roman chronology. Retrieved from h_p://
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Timeline of the spread of Romance and Germanic languages 800 BC 753 BC 253 BC AD 247 AD 300