Growth of Latin

Now, Italian speaks almost Italian. There are German and French in some area. But a long time ago Latin was spoken. Latin originally was spoken by the Latin races in Italian Peninsula. And Latin became official language in Roman Empire. And Latin was official language in the Roman Catholic Church. Now Latin is still official language in the Vatican City. Now Latin wasn’t almost spoken. But Latin influenced various languages and left this vestige in around the world.
About B.C.1000 ago, Latin originally was language of the Ural-Altai family. They called them ‘Latini’ and called their area ‘Latium.’ So their language was called ‘Lingua Latina.’ It is origin of ‘Latin.’
About B.C. 800 ago, ‘Rome’ started. Roman didn’t have their letters. But they knew Greek letter through Etruria. And they follow Greek and make their letter. It is the Roman alphabet. There is a close relation between Rome and Etruria. Etruria had big power. This state was golden age in B.C.700. But Rome attacked Etruria. And Rome won the battle and got Etruria in B.C. 300. Etruria was influenced by Greece.
Rome expanded their territory and Latin for their big power. And they knew the high civilization of Greek. Latin was still poor then. So they got many loan words from Greek. And Latin became the high language. Latin was used to politics, justice, administration, literatures and sciences. (228words)