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After the fall of the Roman Empire, serious scholars and writers were no longer writing in Latin. A few remarkable authors began using the everyday language of their homeland. This everyday language is
known as Romance Vernacular. The Roman Empire fell on 476 AD. Latin was the official language of the Roman Empire, so when the empire fell, Roman Vernacular became the common language in various parts of the peninsula. Many distinct dialects started to appear in different regions of what today is Italy. The language known as "Florentine" was one of the most important of that time.
