Latin was used only in the early years, but then Greek became the major language of the Empire for the rest of its years.
False. Both Latin and Greek were used in the early years of the empire, but Greek later became the dominant and main language of the Byzantine Empire.
The eastern part of the Roman empire became what is known as the Byzantine empire.
The eastern half of the Roman Empire became the Byzantine Empire.
The Byzantine Empire was the eastern part of the Roman Empire which continued to exist for nearly 1,000 years after the fall of the western part of this empire. The educated elites of part of the empire spoke Greek because before its conquest by Rome it had been ruled by Greek states. After the fall of the western part of the empire, this part lost its ties with Rome and with the Latin language. It became increasingly Greek in character and language. It became more so when it lost most of its non-Greek territories due to invasions by the Arabs and the Slavs.
Latin became the universal language.
False. Both Latin and Greek were used in the early years of the empire, but Greek later became the dominant and main language of the Byzantine Empire.
Mostly Greek and later Arabic.
It is Greek
because the Byzantines preferred the Greek language
The Byzantine Empire was formed from the remenants of the Old Eastern Roman Empire, which spoke primarily Greek with Latin as a secondary Language, unlike the west which by the time of the Byzantines, spoke Latin with secondary Greek. Greek was the main language of the Byzantine Empire which is why spo many citites have Greek Names where today Greek is not spoken Such as Damascus, Antioch, Ankara, Nicaea, Persepolis, Varna, Alexandria, Thebes, Amman, Beirut, Tripoli, etc
Greek and Latin were the most commonly used languages in Constantinople during the Byzantine Empire. Later on, as the Ottoman Empire took control, Turkish became the predominant language spoken in the city.
Though the byzantine empire was ruled by roman low and roman political institutions and the official language was latin, greek was widely spoken and students received education in greek history, literature and culture. And as the centuries went by, greek language took its place in the public administration of the byzantine empire alongside with the latin and in many occasions it substituted it.
The eastern half of the Roman Empire became the Byzantine Empire.
The eastern half of the Roman Empire became the Byzantine Empire.
Earlier, Latin. But then they started to speak Greek.
The Byzantines primarily spoke Medieval Greek. This language evolved from ancient Greek and was the administrative and liturgical language of the Byzantine Empire. Greek remained the dominant language in the empire until its fall in the mid-15th century.
The eastern part of the Roman empire became what is known as the Byzantine empire.