1. Overview of an evolutionary approach to the history of the Romance languages and its predictions regarding the development of the major Romance languages (Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, French, Italian, Rumanian)
2. The expansion of the Roman Empire and the pre-Roman communities in Iberia, Gallia, Italia, Dalmatia, and Dacia
3. The establishment of Latin and subsequent migrations and conquests in the Romance-Language Sprachraum. The center vs. the periphery of the Romance-Language Sprachraum
4. Proto-Romance: key traits (7 vowel system, nominal agreement patterns, verb conjugations, adpositions, word orders)
5. The development of major characteristics of Portuguese (European and Brazilian), Spanish, Catalan, French, Italian, and Rumanian
6. An evaluation of the predictions generated by the evolutionary approach to the development of the Romance languages.