https://vividmaps.com/languages-of-byzantine-empire-580-ad/ Maps that explain the World Wed, 15 Feb 2023 04:04:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://vividmaps.com/languages-of-byzantine-empire-580-ad/#comment-7090 Wed, 15 Feb 2023 04:04:34 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/2017/10/11/languages-of-byzantine-empire-580-ad/#comment-7090 Latin changed a lot because only a few people are speaking it as a native tounge anymore. With the fall of the Western Empire, the East under Justinian will reconquer Italy but because of the long war, devasted the entire urban structure and only a few cities are left intact. With the coming of the lombards, and the massacre of many remaining italo-roman elites, Italy was left with only few Roman enclaves dependent on the increasingly Greek speaking Eastern Roman Empire. by the time of the 600s – 800s, these enclaves will become independent as Roman power wane due to arab conquest, raiding, and attacks as well as the on going Lombard expansion replacing or merging with the local inhabitants.
Only the Papal state will remain as the last bastion of Latin speakers, will make it the language of the Church, but it will also slowly change plenty of its pronunciation over time.

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