Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire - Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome | Lex Fridman Podcast #443
7:28I mean, the words I'm using to speak with you today, 30% are direct from Latin, another 30% are from Latin descended languages.31:00conquer the other Italian cities, who are pretty much like them. So they're people who already speak similar languages31:06or the same language, have the same gods. It's easy to integrate them. That's the ones they make the half citizens and allies.














