The legacy of classical antiquity to Europe is at the heart of what defines it. Find in this issue a special report on everything we owe to Greek and Roman antiquity.
The evidence is sometimes what is least visible: because it is there, because it does not hide, we do not become aware of it. French is nothing other than Latin, Latin continued, transformed, certainly, metamorphosed even by centuries and centuries of autonomous life, but, for the most part, descending all the same in direct line from Latin.