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Illyrians, Greeks, Celts? Lol did you even read my posts? The Romans, at the beginning were Etruscan and Italic: simply do not believe all those who say they were Greeks, Martians or Chinese. With "peopled" I think you are referring to the mass of non-Roman slaves arrived during the Imperial era. You should also keep in mind that at the peak of Roman imperial power in the 2nd century, the population of the city numbered about 1 million people, a size that it never attained again until its becoming the capital of the Republic of Italy in 1946! In the 6th century AD Rome had only about 50,000 people and it was most likely resttled by other central Italians and Tuscans. Even the modern Roman dialect underwent starting with the 16th century, a stronger and stronger influence from the Tuscan dialect (from which modern Italian derives) starting with the reigns of the two Medici popes (Leo X and Clement VII) and with the Sack of Rome in 1527, two events which provoked a large immigration from Tuscany.
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