Episode 27: Broken Empire and Fractured Languages

Published: June 24, 2013, 7:32 p.m.

b'Parchment books begin to replace papyrus scrolls as the Western Roman Empire crumbles. New Germanic Kingdoms emerge in the west, but Latin remains the dominant language in Western Europe. \\xa0Latin itself begins to fracture without the Roman educational system to \\u2026 Continue reading \\u2192'