well i guess i was a bit unprepared for the attention the article attracted it originated as a section in roman empire which is forever being plastered with a nasty looking complaint banner about its length why a comprehensive article about the roman empire wouldn't be one of the longest on wikipedia is not a question i could answer but my plan as i can is to spin off some of the longer sections into articles such as the one on the languages i make no claim of comprehensiveness for the languages spinoff i just tried to hit the major languages and regions i believe armenian is mentioned once in the christian section in general i don't have a good feel for the danubian provinces and the balkans so that was about the last thing i added and almost forgot to meaning i wasn't trying to write a ga or anything and while i'll probably add a bit here and there as i encounter stuff to plug holes i'll be turning to other topics incidentally i was able to add at least a broad context for the japanese piece to the article that brought you here so i don't think there's a problem now