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Re:Epiousios by gmoot on Monday September 13, 2021 @02:19AM (#28508344)
The common language was Greek, even though the Romans were in charge.

Greek spread through the conquests of Alexander the Great, and Latin never supplanted it.

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Re:Epiousios by fourtrees on Monday September 13, 2021 @02:25AM (#28508381)
Yup, the entire eastern half of the Roman Empire used Greek as a lingua franca.
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Re:Epiousios by cblconfederate on Monday September 13, 2021 @02:42AM (#28508479)
rather, as an actual and official first Lingua
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