page_title: Latin
section_title: After the fall of the Roman Empire
hierarchical_section_title: Latin / After the fall of the Roman Empire
caption_attribution_description: English: Title page of the 10th edition of Systema naturæ written by Carl Linnæus, published in 1758 by L. Salvius in Stockholm. Digitized in 2004 from an original copy of the 1758 edition held by Göttingen State and University Library, signature &lt;8 H NAT I, 7105 &lt;10&gt;:1&gt;. Uploaded by Francisco Welter-Schultes, I personally checked that the original copy was identical with the digitized version. This is the original title page of the famous 1758 work which provided the base for modern zoological nomenclature. This image can be taken to illustrate the original work of Carl Linnæus.
context_page_description: Latin is an Italic language that was used in Ancient Rome. Short Latin texts have been found from about the 5th century BC and longer texts from about the 3rd century BC.
  Classical Latin was used in the 1st century BC and was the official language of the Roman Empire. It was widely used in the western part of the Mediterranean. The languages known as Romance languages developed from the spoken version, called Vulgar Latin.
  Latin was very important to Christianity for many centuries. It is still spoken today during some religious activities. It is an official language in the Vatican, where the Pope leads the Roman Catholic Church. People in the Vatican sometimes speak to one another in Latin. The mass of the Catholic Church may be done entirely in Latin. This is the Mass of the Roman Rite.
context_section_description: After the fall of the Roman Empire, many people still used Latin. Scholars such as Thomas Aquinas, Petrarch, Erasmus, Luther, Copernicus, Descartes and Newton wrote in Latin. As an example, Hugo Grotius published his De jure belli ac pacis (On the Law of War and Peace) in 1625, which is one of the bases of international law.
caption: Title page of the main work of Carolus Linnaeus, published in 1798. This work is the foundation of modern taxonomy. It is written in Latin
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