> Ancient Egypt and the Roman empire weren't colonial powers by this definition. Latin was originally spoken in a small part of central Italy. By 400 it was sp

> Ancient Egypt and the Roman empire weren't colonial powers by this definition. Latin was originally spoken in a small part of central Italy. By 400 it was spoken in all of Italy, Gaul, Hispania, the North African coast, substantial parts of what is modern Germany and the Low Countries, Dacia (Romania) and was no doubt still spoken in Britain. That happened through conquest, not voluntary accession.