The Pyramid Power

Latin and the Romance Languages

Author: Jacob Lumbroso


The rise of the Latin language is linked to the rise of the Roman Empire. The decline and eventual fall of the Roman Empire did not however end its influence.



Roman conquest brought Latin to much of present day Europe as well as the farthest reaches of the Empire and it seeds eventually gave birth to the languages spoken in present day France, Italy, Romania, Spain, and ...

Romanian History and Culture

Author: KyleNorto


The original inhabitants of the land were the Dacians (part of the Thracian cultural family, a very important nation in Ancient times that has influenced Western culture through Greece especially, introducing such names as Dionyssos, later known as Bacchus by the Romans, Medeea, and so on). The Dacians were divided in various tribes that were ultimately unified under the reign of king Burebista in the Ist century BC. Burebista ...