Enjoyed the read, Bingley. Thanks once again.

I had no idea that the Romance languages have their origin in informal Latin!! I don't know that I am right here, but cotidianus seems like the root for quotidian and sermo for speech (sermon). If this is correct, then the term for literary Latin translates into, 'everyday speech? Sounds self-effacingly pompous, doesn't it!?

The dates on my page underneath the periods were somehwat jumbled up. It probably should read as:
The Early Period (240 - 70BC)
The Golden Age (70BC - 14AD)
The Silver Age (14BC - 130AD)

Faldage, please will you expound your thoughts on Fromage. I only know the humble cheese meaning.