What is Late Latin?
{{Infobox language |name = Late Latin |nativename = {{lang|la|Latinitas serior}} |region = ''[[Mare Nostrum]]'' region |states = ([[Western Roman Empire|Western]]) [[Roman Empire]], [[Ostrogothic Kingdom]], [[Gallic Empire]] |nation = Both [[Western Roman Empire|Roman]] [[Eastern Roman Empire|Empires]] (Later replaced with [[Koine Greek]] in the East) |script = [[Latin alphabet]] |era = 3rd to 6th centuries; developed into [[Medieval Latin]] |familycolor = Indo-European |fam2 = [[Italic languages|Italic]] |ancestor = [[Old Latin]] |ancestor2 = [[Classical Latin]] |image = Simone Martini 003.jpg |imagesize = |imagecaption = [[Augustine of Hippo]] (354–430), Late Latin author |map = Map of Ancient Rome 271 AD.svg |mapcaption = The Late-Latin speaking world, 271 CE |agency = Schools of grammar and rhetoric |fam3 = [[Latino-Faliscan languages|Latino-Faliscan]] |fam4 = [[Latin]] |isoexception = historical |glotto = late1252 |glottorefname = Late Latin |glottofoot = no }} '''Late Latin''' is a form of [[Latin language|Latin]] that was written between [[Classical Latin]] and [[Medieval Latin]]. Scholars do not agree on the exact dates, but it was used from about the 3rd century to the 6th or 7th century CE. There are no exact dates for when Late Latin replaced [[Classical Latin]] or when it was replaced by [[Medieval Latin]]. Late Latin is a written language, which is also different from [[Vulgar Latin]], which was a spoken language. Late Latin was used and taught by the [[Church Fathers]], who also used it for their theological writings. {{stub}} {{Latin periods}} [[Category:Latin language]]