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=== Roman Dalmatia ===

=== Roman Dalmatia ===

[[File:740px-Roman provinces of Illyricum, Macedonia, Dacia, Moesia, Pannonia and Thracia.jpg|thumb|right|400px| The Roman province of Dalmatia (pink colour) in the Western Roman Empire. 476 AD]]

[[File:740px-Roman provinces of Illyricum, Macedonia, Dacia, Moesia, Pannonia and Thracia.jpg|thumb|right|400px| The Roman province of Dalmatia (pink colour) in the Western Roman Empire. 476 AD]]

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"''. More recent theories have suggested that this would only apply to cities and towns, whilst in the country side, this would not have been the case.

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"''. More recent theories have suggested that this would only apply to cities and towns, whilst in the country side, this would not have been the case.

* "OROGRAPHY: That part of physical geography which deals with the geological formation, the surface features and description of mountains. The terms "oreography," "orology" and "oreology" are also sometimes used.</ref> of Dalmatia communications between the different Dalmatian cities occurred mainly through the sea. This helped Dalmatian cities to develop a unique Romance culture, despite the mostly Slavicized mainland.

* "OROGRAPHY: That part of physical geography which deals with the geological formation, the surface features and description of mountains. The terms "oreography," "orology" and "oreology" are also sometimes used.</ref> of Dalmatia communications between the different Dalmatian cities occurred mainly through the sea. This helped Dalmatian cities to develop a unique Romance culture, despite the mostly Slavicized mainland.

==== Late Middle Ages and Early Renaissance====

==== Late Middle Ages and Early Renaissance====

From the late Middle Ages onwards certain sections of the population slowly started to merge with the Slavic peoples of Dalmatia. This process was most evident in the coastal and island regions of Dalmatia and the Republic of Ragusa. The 1667 Dubrovnik earthquake,<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=vwK4jhvjHQkC&pg=PA86&dq=dubrovnik+earthquake+of+1667&client=safari&cd=1#v=onepage&q=dubrovnik%20earthquake%20of%201667&f=false Earthquake Monitoring and Seismic Hazard Mitigation in Balkan Countries] by Eystein Sverre Husebye (p86)</ref> which destroyed the greater part of Dubrovnik  (Ragusa) has been cited as a turning point for the Republic's ethnic population make up. This new Slavic population within the Republic became with time Romanised (adopted Latin culture). Within Ragusa's community there were mix mixed marriages  (i.e. Roger Joseph Boscovich).<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=J4TZPlihVUoC&pg=PA156&dq=Roger+Joseph+Boscovich+italian+mother&hl=en&ei=q8y-Te2lLISovQOiwpDbBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Roger%20Joseph%20Boscovich%20italian%20mother&f=false The Extraterrestrial Life Debate, 1750-1900 ] by Michael J. Crowe (p.156)  

From the late Middle Ages onwards certain sections of the population slowly started to merge with the Slavic peoples of Dalmatia. This process was most evident in the coastal and island regions of Dalmatia and the Republic of Ragusa. The 1667 Dubrovnik earthquake,<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=vwK4jhvjHQkC&pg=PA86&dq=dubrovnik+earthquake+of+1667&client=safari&cd=1#v=onepage&q=dubrovnik%20earthquake%20of%201667&f=false Earthquake Monitoring and Seismic Hazard Mitigation in Balkan Countries] by Eystein Sverre Husebye (p86)</ref> which destroyed the greater part of Dubrovnik  (Ragusa) has been cited as a turning point for the Republic's ethnic population make up. This new Slavic population within the Republic became with time Romanised (adopted Latin culture). Within Ragusa's community there were mix mixed marriages  (i.e. Roger Joseph Boscovich).<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=J4TZPlihVUoC&pg=PA156&dq=Roger+Joseph+Boscovich+italian+mother&hl=en&ei=q8y-Te2lLISovQOiwpDbBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Roger%20Joseph%20Boscovich%20italian%20mother&f=false The Extraterrestrial Life Debate, 1750-1900 ] by Michael J. Crowe (p.156)