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		gmoot on Sept 13, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Epiousios 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.

fourtrees on Sept 13, 2021 [–]

Yup, the entire eastern half of the Roman Empire used Greek as a lingua franca.

cblconfederate on Sept 13, 2021 | [–]

rather, as an actual and official first Lingua

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