What was the general language and culture of the Byzantine Empire?

Answer 1

Even though they called themselves Romans, they spoke Greek. The capital city was Byzantium, and was renamed Constantinople after Emperor Constantine the Great, a Latin name, however the peoples of the eastern Roman Empire were Greeks, with a thin Roman overlay, which faded as the empire split into east and west, and the western empire was then taken over by the Goths , Vandals, Franks and other peoples

Answer 2

The Byzantines spoke Latin until the 7th century. After that, they spoke Greek.
The Byzantine Empire covered a large area with many different local dialects. The official language was Latin until the year 620 AD. After 620, the official language was changed to Greek although it was slightly different from the classical Greek.
Greek

Answer 3

Greek. Byzantine is a term coined by modern historians in reference to the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. As it lost most of its non-Greek territories as a result of the Arab invasion of the Middle East south of Turkey and Egypt and the Slav invasions of much of the Balkans, the empire became centred around Geece. Greek replaced Latin as the offical language of the empire.

The term Byzantine is derived from Byzantium, the Greek town that was turned into the capital of the east by Constantine the Great and was renamed Constantinople. It is used highlight the Greek character that the empire developed.

Answer 4

The general language and culture were Greek.

Answer 5

The dominant language of the Byzantine empire was Greek.

Answer 6

The predominant language was Greek, but Latin was also spoken.

Answer 7

Greek