Why Are the Romance Languages All So Similar?

In which I talk about the long lost Italic languages that once co-inhabited the Italian Peninsula alongside Latin, what happened to Latin as it expanded with the Roman Empire, how Latin broke off into the Romance languages, and how Latin remained a lingua franca across Europe. MUSIC: “Ave Caesar - Roma Aeterna” by David Chas “A King’s Ransom” by Bonnie Grace* “Far Over the Highlands” by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen* “Egypt Calling” by Sight of Wonders* “Dance of the Wildcats” by Deskant* “Syssitia” by David Chas (*via EpidemicSound) 📖 SOURCES: [1] ​​https://guides.library.harvard.edu/c.... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabula_... [3] https://www.worldhistory.org/Social_War/ [4] https://latinitium.com/what-is-vulgar... [5] https://www.dhm.de/mediathek/en/ida/s... [6] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Catego... [7] https://ancientlanguage.com/when-did-... [8]    • Ecclesiastical Latin vs Classical Pronunci...   at 8:02 [9] https://www1.udel.edu/leipzig/403/ap.htm CHAPTERS: 0:00 Intro 0:40 Early history 4:52 How Latin diversified 10:19 How Latin survived 12:24 Conclusion 👕 MERCH! https://crowdmade.com/collections/kha... 👥 DISCORD SERVER:   / discord     / khanubis     / khanubis   https://bsky.app/profile/khanubis.tv CONTACT: [email protected] SPONSORSHIP INQUIRIES: [email protected] THANK YOU, BRONZE AGE+ PATRONS! (  / khanubis  ) Bulcsú Farmasi, Felix the Cat, Nif Lindsay, TC Safavi, Tobi Burch-Rates Or make one-time donations at https://paypal.me/khanubis http://www.khanubis.tv