Greek was also the language of the slave in Rome at the time—and usually the scholars were also slaves, but many slaves were not scholars.
The conquest of Greeks and importation of Greek-speaking teachers and Greek texts actually turned Rome into a predominantly Greek speaking city for several centuries.
The cradle of Ecclesiastical Latin was actually North Africa. The Liturgy in Rome didn’t switch to Latin until the time of Pope Damasus I in the later half of the fourth century.
BTW Check out my screen name. He was in the thick of it.
Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus
Will investigate tomorrow, thank you. :)