I'm impressed, didn't think anyone on here was interested in history.
Latin is awesome by the way. Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur.
Fucking sweet.
[editline]19th November 2010[/editline]
Only 1/2 meter below the ground for 2000 years? Wow... Imagine if there was a black box recording all that down there...
Makes you think about all the hidden treasure that has caved in/was destroyed/covered in soil over the years.
I wish I could speak/write/understand Latin... any of them...
[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;26148685]Take a morphine to the arm and relax, gawsh.
English was never derived from Latin, yes, the language consists of French which did derive from Latin, but it was never based on it entirely. A majority of the language consists of Anglo-Saxon, German and French at a later period, hence the words prestige, extraordinary, or concierge. Roman occupation only lasted for three centuries, you can always argue about the cases of Roman colonials intermarrying with the natives, but before major language-adaptation took place, they were kicked out by a bunch of Scandinavians. Latin has spread to Spain, Germany, and France, the latter two adding a mix of their own languages into Latin as Romans occupied it and actually kept it under tight control as opposed to the British Isles. I mean who wants to occupy some island with the shittiest weather?
And keep in mind, William the Conqueror did not speak Latin, he spoke Norman/French, a diluted form of Latin[/QUOTE]
English is partially derived from Latin. Even after the Norman conquest of England, Latin still remained an important language. It was Latin and French that was spoken by the nobility and Anglo Saxon was spoken by the peasantry. Over the years, the French merged with the Anglo Saxon to create English. Latin did so as well to a certain extent, but remained more independent due to its almost exclusive use by the Catholic church.
There are still many words in the English language that are derived from Latin, such as aqua, via, aqueduct and viaduct, animal, avian, civil, magnitude... the list is quite substantial.
[QUOTE=Mingebox;26151589]Just found this on Wikipedia
[img_thumb]http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/4678/600pxoriginsofenglishpi.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
I wish they showed the percentages as opposed to just sections of a pie.
[quote]The Museum of London made the discovery while doing excavations in August 2008 ahead of the hotel's construction.[/quote]
Why the heck would you keep any archeological discovery secret for that long? Seems stupid, when people could've already researched more.
[QUOTE=iron_skull;26155894]I'm impressed, didn't think anyone on here was interested in history.
Latin is awesome by the way. Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur.[/QUOTE]
I'm a history major :3:
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;26156661]I'm a history major :3:[/QUOTE]
I'm going to hazard a guess and say you specialise in Roman history?
Londinium... Sounds like an element.
Sucks that they're excavating it for a luxury hotel though.
[QUOTE=iron_skull;26155894]I'm impressed, didn't think anyone on here was interested in history.
Latin is awesome by the way. Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur.[/QUOTE]
Why would you think that?
That's really interesting!
So they're tearing up a 2,000 year old settlement to build a luxury hotel.
[QUOTE=iron_skull;26155894]Latin is awesome by the way. Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur.[/QUOTE]
Latin is so awesome that a bullet was named in Latin - Parabellum.
[QUOTE=Xystus234;26156935]So they're tearing up a 2,000 year old settlement to build a luxury hotel.[/QUOTE]
Apparently. God forbid we try to learn more about the Romans and their lifestyles. WE'LL JUST BUILD A FUCKING HOTEL OVER 2,000 YEARS OF HISTORY!!
[QUOTE=David29;26156101]English is partially derived from Latin. Even after the Norman conquest of England, Latin still remained an important language. It was Latin and French that was spoken by the nobility and Anglo Saxon was spoken by the peasantry. Over the years, the French merged with the Anglo Saxon to create English. Latin did so as well to a certain extent, but remained more independent due to its almost exclusive use by the Catholic church.
There are still many words in the English language that are derived from Latin, such as aqua, via, aqueduct and viaduct, animal, avian, civil, magnitude... the list is quite substantial.[/QUOTE]
Once you get to multi-syllable words in English (around 3 and more), the percentage derived from Latin or a Romance Language (and thus derived from Latin) jumps to like 80%.
[QUOTE=David29;26156841]I'm going to hazard a guess and say you specialise in Roman history?[/QUOTE]
How'd you know??
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;26158097]How'd you know??[/QUOTE]
I'm psychic.
[QUOTE=iron_skull;26155894]I'm impressed, didn't think anyone on here was interested in history.
Latin is awesome by the way. Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur.[/QUOTE]
Go something where little? alcohol? lol latin 2 classes ftw!
[QUOTE=Marcolade;26148012]... Londinium? Really?[/QUOTE]
you just escaped north korea after 50 years of imprisonment from birth or something?
honestly you have never heard of londinium?
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;26149337]I don't think Rome truly cared all that much for Britannia as much as other places, else they wouldn't of abandoned it to reinforce other territories. That's what I feel, anyways.[/QUOTE]
Roman Britannia was a very fertile place, alot of effort went into developing the agricultural strength of Southern England, the large population of England (for an island) in the Dark ages is down to the work the Romans did.
As the Roman Empire receded, the need for grain from England and the need to protect the Romano-British economy was nullified by the lack of population needing the grain.
its pretty hilarious how the romans were so well off technologically but when they were destroyed..........Damn
[QUOTE=IwuvWafflez;26176010]its pretty hilarious how the romans were so well off technologically but when they were destroyed..........Damn[/QUOTE]
I don't think "destroyed" is a good description. They weren't wiped out or completely erased from the map.
For one, the western side was more "absorbed" by Germanic tribes. Yeah, there were wars, but to say Rome was "destroyed" would be too much of a mislead.
For another, the eastern side of the empire never crumbled. They continued on for another 1,000 years with all the technology and culture of the Roman Empire. Today, we call that half the "Byzantine Empire", but that's a modern name. Those people called themselves "Roman", as did the other kingdoms and empires of the day.
The Roman Empire, you could say, was actually "destroyed" in 1453 when Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks.
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