What is Latin's contribution to the world?

Answer 1

The contributions of the classical Latin language of the ancient Romans have been many to the world. For example, the study of the Latin language helps linguists trace the development of the Romance* languages from their long ago interaction with the Latin of their Roman conquerors. Another example is the history of ancient civilizations and cultures through the writings of Roman literary, military and scholarly figures. Still another example is the preservation of ancient Greek and Roman literature by Roman authors. Yet another example is the supply of legal terms. And these are just a few of the examples from the time of ancient Rome. The contributions continue through the subsequent knowledge and use of Latin by Christian monks. They further increase with the traditionally classical education of the world's socioeconomic and political elites. *Major Romance languages are French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish. A few examples of other Romance languages are Catalan of Barcelona, Corsican, Galician, and Sardinian.