> Latin was the Lingua Franca of science until the 17th Century, or 1300 years after the collapse of the Roman Empire That Latin persisted for 1300 hundred yea

> Latin was the Lingua Franca of science until the 17th Century, or 1300 years after the collapse of the Roman Empire That Latin persisted for 1300 hundred years after the fall of Rome has more to do with the Roman Church than the Roman Empire. European universities were essentially religious institutions until the renaissance.