On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:17:08 +0200
Joó Ádám <[email protected]> wrote:

> > To extend the list, the Irish, Scots, English, Scandinavians and
> > Poles picked up the Roman heritage without the assistance of being
> > physically conquered.  And the Romanians re-established it as an
> > expression of non-Slavness.
> 
> Well, the official language of Hungary was Latin up until 1844. Does
> that qualify us as the true inheritors of the Roman Empire?

No.  I wasn't sure how voluntarily Hungary (or rather, its rulers) had
adopted West European ways, so I didn't add Hungary to the list.

Rcihard.


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