What if Italian Unification occurred during the late medieval period? In the search for a common language, the new state might turn to Latin.
Perhaps after an Ottoman invasion of the Kingdom of Naples, the Italian state unite in a league of some sort which eventually turns into a union long after the expulsion of the Ottomans, perhaps after a large Protestant gain against Catholicism in some way? Though since the Holy Roman Empire would still exist, a league would be somewhat odd.This might work...if somehow the Italian states unify.
Perhaps after an Ottoman invasion of the Kingdom of Naples, the Italian state unite in a league of some sort which eventually turns into a union long after the expulsion of the Ottomans, perhaps after a large Protestant gain against Catholicism in some way? Though since the Holy Roman Empire would still exist, a league would be somewhat odd.
Perhaps after an Ottoman invasion of the Kingdom of Naples, the Italian state unite in a league of some sort which eventually turns into a union long after the expulsion of the Ottomans, perhaps after a large Protestant gain against Catholicism in some way? Though since the Holy Roman Empire would still exist, a league would be somewhat odd.
This probably fails the POD but somehow have the Papal States at their maximum extent survive to the present era, I'm sure the Papacy would encourage the use of Latin and a distinct "Roman" identity amongst Rome's people.
This probably fails the POD but somehow have the Papal States at their maximum extent survive to the present era, I'm sure the Papacy would encourage the use of Latin and a distinct "Roman" identity amongst Rome's people.
Sudden Idea
If Russia was to be the successor to Rome, then how about choosing Latin as the official language of the empire. Just proclaiming yourself the successor to Rome is nice, but using their language would certainly help. Just an idea.Wishing you well, his majesty,
The Scandinavian Emperor
(PS. I can speak and write Latin, but yet I cannot spell Emperor and Scandinavia correctly. WOW!!)
Rome was emptied and destroyed so many times even during the 15th century that the population wasn't that Roman at all. The Church was really a pan european organization so there are French, Germans, and Spaniards as much as Romans working there.
What do you guys think of my Counter-Reformation radical city state idea?
Who would teach them Latin? The Byzantines used Greek as their liturgical basis.