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Latin was the official language used throughout the Empire, as well as the predominant everyday language in Italy and the western provinces: Greek however remained in common use in the east, becoming also the language of government in the eastern Empire from the sixth century.
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∙ 8y agoThe Romans were Latins. Therefore they spoke Latin. Latin was was the lingua franca of the Roman Empire and the language of officials around the empire and the law. The various peoples who lived in the empire spoke their own languages: Celtic languages, Iberian languages, Berber, Illyrian languages, Thracian, Syriac, Phoenician, Hebrew , Egyptian, etc. In the eastern Mediterranean Greek was another lingua franca. This was because before the Romans it was ruled by Greek states: the Seleucid Empire in much of Turkey and in Syria and Lebanon and Judea and the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt and Judea. The education of the rich in Rome was in both Latin and Greek and Roman elite men were fluent in Greek and sometimes spoke yo each other in Greek.
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∙ 12y agoLatin was the language of the Roman empire. In addition, Greek was spoken by the educated.
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What language made its way into the English language through the roman empire?
Latin derived words made their way into English through the Roman empire.
What language helped unify the roman empire?
Latin.Latin.Latin.Latin.Latin.Latin.Latin.Latin.Latin.
How were Charlemagne's empire like the old Roman empire similar?
No similarities. The Roman Empire was an ancient empire and the Carolingian Empire was a medieval one and therefore related to two totally different societies. The only thing was that Latin was the language of the church, bureaucrats and intellectuals.
What language was spoke in the roman empire about 2000 years ago?
Latin
The three unifying elements that allowed the Roman Empire to survive and work were?
Three things (among others) that united the Roman empire waslaw, language and roads.Three things (among others) that united the Roman empire waslaw, language and roads.Three things (among others) that united the Roman empire waslaw, language and roads.Three things (among others) that united the Roman empire waslaw, language and roads.Three things (among others) that united the Roman empire waslaw, language and roads.Three things (among others) that united the Roman empire waslaw, language and roads.Three things (among others) that united the Roman empire waslaw, language and roads.Three things (among others) that united the Roman empire waslaw, language and roads.Three things (among others) that united the Roman empire waslaw, language and roads.
Why did the latin language spread to all parts of the roman empire?
Because the soldiers manning the out posts of the Roman Empire spoke/wrote in Latin as it was the official language of the Roman Empire... ergo if you wanted any association with the Roman Empire you had to know basic latin. Latin really caught on as being the one, uniform language of the whole Roman Empire
Whose language is Roman?
Roman isn't a language itself but rather characterized people and culture associated with the Roman empire. During the time of the Roman empire Romans spoke Latin.
What was the official language of the Roman Empire?
The official language in the western Roman Empire was Latin. Latin was also the official language of the eastern part of the Roman Empire, together with Greek. This was because it was the language of the Romans.
Architecture engineering law and language are legacies of which empire?
The Roman Empire.
What language made its way into the English language through the roman empire?
Latin derived words made their way into English through the Roman empire.
Why is Roman language a legacie?
it is really important to the empire
What language did the Roman Empire teach the British?
Latin.
What language became common throughout the roman empire?
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What language helped unify the roman empire?
Latin.Latin.Latin.Latin.Latin.Latin.Latin.Latin.Latin.
What language was most often used in the roman empire?
english
How were Charlemagne's empire like the old Roman empire similar?
No similarities. The Roman Empire was an ancient empire and the Carolingian Empire was a medieval one and therefore related to two totally different societies. The only thing was that Latin was the language of the church, bureaucrats and intellectuals.
Did ancient Greeks write in English?
No. The ancient Greek did not use the English language. Because there was no English language in that time. English language derived from Latin which was the official language of Roman Empire and the Roman Empire is the successor of ancient Greek the golden age of Greece.
