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Interesting that the seal of a Roman governor would spell his name in Greek.
59 posted on
11/30/2018 5:05:25 AM PST by
SJackson
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To: SJackson
That became the language in the east since Alexander the Great.
62 posted on
11/30/2018 5:16:29 AM PST by
aspasia
To: SJackson
That made me do a search. Wiki (!?) says Latin was used for most official documents, although Greek was used in the Eastern Empire (so the Holy Land). Greek was often used for normal language - and sometimes even a mix of Latin and Greek in the same writing.
63 posted on
11/30/2018 5:23:47 AM PST by
21twelve
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To: SJackson
Greek was the Lingua Franka of the eastern part of the Empire.
66 posted on
11/30/2018 5:36:42 AM PST by
ZULU
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To: SJackson
Greek was the cultured language in Rome, like French to English speakers.
72 posted on
11/30/2018 6:09:54 AM PST by
Eleutheria5
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To: SJackson
Good afternoon.
It was common in history to inscribe different languages on one’s own currency. Latin and Greek being popular. We do it to this day on ours.
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88 posted on
11/30/2018 10:16:27 AM PST by
M Kehoe
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