Britain was under Roman rule for nearly 400 years. So why didn't a Romance language survive like in the other western parts of the Roman Empire?
Why did a Romance-based language fail to survive in Britannia while the Germanic English-language took hold on the island?
In the eastern Roman Empire, we know that the Greek language was already dominant and survived for much longer.
But the linguistic situation in modern Britain is a stark contrast when compared to other western parts under Roman rule like Iberia or modern France, where a Romance language did survive. So why did Latin, and its linguistic descendants, die out in Britain?