Talk:Latium

Modern Usage?
Is the term "Latium" still in use? Was it in use in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries? It is used in the Papal States article to describe the land held by the pope from the 1860s on, but this article seems not to cover anything past the fourth century. MrZaius talk  01:03, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * This is a good question. We have Lazio to cover the modern history of the region, but I'm not sure when "Latium" fell out of common use. Of course Latin continued as a language of administration and the educated elite long after Italian became the language of everyday speech, so it's possible that the government called the region Latium until the creation of the modern Italian state. --Akhilleus (talk) 01:12, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, the name would have changed when the Tuscan dialect replaced Latin as the language of the region - a bit indefinite - 6th century? 7th century? Modern Italian is based on Tuscan. As I expand this article I will keep that distinction in mind.Dave (talk) 12:02, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Mild plagiarism
The introductory paragraph although not bad is not quite ours. The editor uses phrases and sentences from Cary & Scullard without attribution, perhaps influenced by our cavalier treatment of the 1911 Britannica. I know we are all zealous to get something on Latium in here but that slips over the line. So, I am forced to reinterpret and rewrite the concepts. Bear with me, or rewrite it yourself.Dave (talk) 12:02, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

First Continental European Empire?
There is a problem with the very first sentence of this article:

"Latium (Latin: Lătĭŭm), the region of central western Italy in which the city of Rome was founded and grew to be the capital city of the first continental European empire..."

But was it? I think not. The empire of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC should be considered the first continental European empire, because the heart of the empire, although mostly Asiatic with the conquest of the Persian Empire, was still in Greece. The last I checked, Greece is a "continental European" country. I believe this opening sentence should be rewritten and rephrased.--24.255.96.174 (talk) 04:37, 11 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Easily fixed by saying that it grew to be the capital city of the Roman Empire. --Akhilleus (talk) 04:38, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Pronunciation
How is Latium pronounced? Is it Latt-ee-um or laysh-um or lash-um? It can be hard to tell with these sorts of words. Thanks. 98.185.234.63 (talk) 21:14, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

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