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| − | '''Dalmatian Italians''' are an Italian | + | '''Dalmatian Italians''' are an Italian national minority in the region of Dalmatia (within [[Croatia]] and Montenegro) that is mostly historical. After the 1840s the ethnic group suffered from a trend of decreasing numbers and only around 1,000 of the grouping remain. |
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | === Roman Dalmatia | + | === Roman Dalmatia === |
| − | Roman Dalmatia was fully latinized by 476 AD when the | + | Roman Dalmatia was fully latinized by 476 AD when the ''Western Roman Empire'' disappeared, according to scholar '''Theodor Mommsen''' in his book ''"The Provinces of the Roman Empire"''. |
| − | During the | + | During the Barbarian Invasions of Eurasian Avars allied with certain Slavic tribes, invaded and plundered Byzantine-Roman Dalmatia. This eventually led to the settlement of different Slavic tribes in the Balkans. |
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| − | The Dalmatian cities retained their Romanic culture and [[Latin | + | The original Roman population endured within the coastal cities and in the inhospitable Dinaric Alps (later known as "Morlachs" or Vlachs). |
| − | These coastal cities (politically part of the | + | |
| − | This helped Dalmatian cities to develop a unique Romance culture, despite the mostly Slavicized mainland. | + | The Dalmatian cities retained their Romanic culture and [[Latin]] language in cities such as Zadar (Jadera/Zara), Split (Spalatum/Spalato) and Dubrovnik (Ragusa)). They developed their own ''vulgar Latin'', the Dalmatian language, a now extinct Romance language. |
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| + | These coastal cities (politically part of the Byzantine Empire) maintained political, cultural and economic links with Italy, through the Adriatic sea. On the other side communications with the mainland were difficult because of the Dinaric Alps. | ||
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| + | Due to the sharp orography of Dalmatia, even communications between the different Dalmatian cities, occurred mainly trough the sea. This helped Dalmatian cities to develop a unique Romance culture, despite the mostly Slavicized mainland. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 10:13, 21 November 2010
Dalmatian Italians are an Italian national minority in the region of Dalmatia (within Croatia and Montenegro) that is mostly historical. After the 1840s the ethnic group suffered from a trend of decreasing numbers and only around 1,000 of the grouping remain.
History
Roman Dalmatia
Roman Dalmatia was fully latinized by 476 AD when the Western Roman Empire disappeared, according to scholar Theodor Mommsen in his book "The Provinces of the Roman Empire".
During the Barbarian Invasions of Eurasian Avars allied with certain Slavic tribes, invaded and plundered Byzantine-Roman Dalmatia. This eventually led to the settlement of different Slavic tribes in the Balkans.
The original Roman population endured within the coastal cities and in the inhospitable Dinaric Alps (later known as "Morlachs" or Vlachs).
The Dalmatian cities retained their Romanic culture and Latin language in cities such as Zadar (Jadera/Zara), Split (Spalatum/Spalato) and Dubrovnik (Ragusa)). They developed their own vulgar Latin, the Dalmatian language, a now extinct Romance language.
These coastal cities (politically part of the Byzantine Empire) maintained political, cultural and economic links with Italy, through the Adriatic sea. On the other side communications with the mainland were difficult because of the Dinaric Alps.
Due to the sharp orography of Dalmatia, even communications between the different Dalmatian cities, occurred mainly trough the sea. This helped Dalmatian cities to develop a unique Romance culture, despite the mostly Slavicized mainland.
References
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