typical edits from the gang against TITUS...

"Latin was the language of the Romans from the earliest known period. Writing under the first Roman emperor Augustus, Virgil emphasizes that Latin was a source of Roman unity and tradition. In Virgil's epic Aeneid about the founding of Rome, the supreme deity Jupiter dictates that the refugee Trojans who have come to settle in Italy will use the language of the native Latini as a means of unification: "they will keep the speech (sermo) and mores of their fathers ... and I will make them all Latins with one mode of expression" (uno ore, literally "with one mouth").[22] The Julio-Claudian emperors, who claimed descent from the Virgilian hero Aeneas, encouraged high standards of correct Latin (Latinitas), a linguistic movement identified in modern terms as Classical Latin, and favored Latin for conducting official business.[23]

Latin became the language of conquered areas because local people started speaking it, and not because the population was displaced by Latin-speakers.[24] Latin was not imposed officially on peoples brought under Roman rule.[25] Saint Augustine observed that Romans preferred for Latin to be adopted per pacem societatis, through a social pact.[26] This language policy contrasts with that of Alexander, who aimed to impose Greek throughout his empire as the official language.[27] Latin was not a requirement for Roman citizenship, and there was no state-supported schooling that privileged it as the medium for education: fluency was desirable for its "high cultural, political, legal, social and economic value".[28]"

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