It had become little more than a picturesque and interesting contrast to the all-absorbing Roman element.

A hundred and thirty years later it had almost wholly vanished.
Such is the historical situation to which we must adjust our views of any single province in the western Empire.

Two main conclusions may here be emphasized.

First, Romanization in general extinguished the distinction between Roman and provincial, alike in politics, in material culture, and in language.

Secondly, it did not everywhere and at once destroy all traces of tribal or national sentiments or fashions.