See also Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin by Nicholas Ostler: > The history of language is the history of politics, society and religion - and in the case of

See also Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin by Nicholas Ostler: > The history of language is the history of politics, society and religion - and in the case of Latin it is a story of incredible staying power, the tongue sturdily outliving the Roman empire. As Nicholas Ostler points out, by the end of the first millennium AD Latin was the language of religion from Iceland to Sicily, from the Arctic to the Mediterranean, from Poland to Portugal; and 500 years later it was still the language of organised life throughout western Europe. * https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/dec/08/featuresreviews.guardianreview25 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/dec/08/featuresreview...