How did Rome come to speak italian?

Question

I need a good answer w/ resources.

Answer 1

Well, let's see. The Roman Empire fell in 476. Italy was then taken by Odoacrus, king of the Ostrogoths.
In spite of being the language of the Goths a Germanic language, it happened something like in Spain, where the previous language, Latin, stayed and composed the basic ingredient of the future language.
In Italy the language evolved into today's Italian, which has a closer relationship to the mother language, Latin, than Spanish.
Perhaps the fact that Rome, the principal city of the time, was the capital of Italy, made the language more similar to Latin.
A curious detail is that Italian has stayed practically the same since Saint Francis of Assisi.
It has not been like in Greece, where the language has become so different since Pericles, that you cannot be understood nowadays if you speak the ancient Greek

Answer 2

As any italian know, in Rome they actually speak a picturesque version (dialect) of italian called "romano", present in every movie about "La Città Eterna" (The Eternal City).

Answer 3

Because it was the capital of the Roman Empire and they
spoke Latin from which Italian, Spanish,French and other
languages evolved

Answer 4

Because Italian is the modern descendant of Latin in Italy.

Answer 5

When you'r in Roma do what Romans do !

Answer 6

simple assumption - because it's in Itlay.