> Many Romans revered parts of Greek culture (for a long time Greek was the language of scholars and the elite, which is pretty funny considering that Latin lat

> Many Romans revered parts of Greek culture (for a long time Greek was the language of scholars and the elite, which is pretty funny considering that Latin later fulfilled that same role hundreds of years later). (Koine) Greek was not particularly "the language of scholars", but mostly the lingua franca of the eastern Mediterranean; Latin was of the western Med. Though the many (and earliest) scholars in that part of town were the Greeks, so it's no surprise that a lot of stuff was written in it. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_Roman_Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_Roman_Empire Even when they ruled Jerusalem, the Romans probably spoke Greek with the locals. Because of previous empires, Mesopotamia had several over time (including Aramaic): * https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8366156-the-last-lingua-franca https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8366156-the-last-lingua-...