The Expansion of Latin

Latin extended this territory around the Italian peninsula with extending Rome’s power. And Latin contacted other languages which were already in this area. There were Oscan, Umbrian and Etruscan; these languages were spoken in ancient Italian peninsula. And Latin contacted The Celtic languages; these languages were spoken by Celt in north Italy. In south Italy, people spoke Greek; Greek had big prestige and high culture at that time.
Rome advanced their power to other countries which were outside Italy. Also, French and Egypt were conquered too. Rome commanded his territories by Latin. And Roman settled many parts of the territories. So Latin was carried by them and gradually took root. Rome made schools many part of the territories and used Latin for education. So people who lived outside Italian peninsula gradually used Latin as mother tongue too.
Especially, Latin was affected by Greek. Greek was country which had high civilization. Greek civilization’s progress was earlier than Rome. But Greek was overthrown by Roman armament on the war. But Greek had high culture. So Greek gave Rome big influence. Especially, Rome adopted Greek words in Latin. First, Greek was taken in Latin by the common people because Rome extended the territory and increased people whom had civil rights. There were many people who spoke Greek in them. Second, Greek was taken in Latin by the learned people after adoption by the common people. They adopted Greek words for the progress of literature. Greek had rich vocabulary so Roman learned people adopted Greek as it is in their works.
Latin extended the territory and was grown by other language with extending Rome’s territory. (271words)