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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Conduitt, post: 4646329, member: 109923&quot;]I would say the term &#039;Roman&#039; no longer meant &#039;a person from Rome who spoke Latin&#039;, precisely because it evolved and assimilated other cultures.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the time of the schism in 1054 the Western Roman Empire hadn&#039;t existed for 600 years. After 600 years, the Roman Catholics would also have been rather different to the Romans of the Roman Empire. Most people didn&#039;t speak Latin for a start.</p><p><br /></p><p>Indeed, the Romans persecuted Christians until after Rome ceased to be the de facto capital of the Empire. Was being Christian as un-Roman as speaking Greek? Or were they both Roman characteristics?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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