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Explanation: In the aptly named Crisis of the Third Century, the Roman Empire was on the verge of literal disintegration. The frontier province of Illyricum (the modern day Balkans), combining both a high degree of assimilation into Roman culture and a pre-existing warrior society, provided a great many recruits for the Roman military, including several so-called 'barracks emperors' with military backgrounds.
They were not ready to give up on the dream that was ROME!
Balkans), combining both a high degree of assimilation into Roman culture
I heard that Romanian/Moldovan language is the nearest what we have to Latin.
Romanian is a Romance language, but to my (admittedly limited) knowledge, Italian beats it out for the closest major Romance language to Latin.