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Western Romans, esp the elite, had already spoken Greek for hundreds of years at that point, and huge parts of the population of the west spoke Gaulish, Germani
by bedobi 2y ago
Western Romans, esp the elite, had already spoken Greek for hundreds of years at that point, and huge parts of the population of the west spoke Gaulish, Germanic, Celtic etc etc languages for hundreds of years too. So that's kind of a non argument.
- paganel 2y agoThose Gaulish, Germanic and Celtic elements were becoming Romans as a result of them starting speaking Latin/the Vulgata, the same goes for all the peoples living at the periphery of the Empire. If you were still speaking Celt/German or whatever you were not a Roman, you were a barbarian. In the Italian peninsula the only part where Greek might have still been a thing is of course Magna Grecia, but that’s a special case. Curious of how many Greek graffitis have been discovered in Pompeii.