Latin language, Roman Empire (east)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23752367 |
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| Authors | Christina M Kreinecker (0000-0003-3805-4824, University of Birmingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah18068 |
| OpenAlex | W1527625540 |
| ISBN | 9781444338386 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
The Roman Empire was a conglomerate of cultures, nations and also, therefore, of languages. Contact between languages was part of everyday life, in particular within the military, the administration, and among merchants. As the Romans successfully expanded south and east from 63 BCE , the end of the Third Mithradatic War, to the time of Trajan, they took control of regions that had been under Greek cultural influence from the time of Alexander the Great, in which native languages were gradually, but definitely replaced by Greek in the public sphere, especially in the cities. The Romans, therefore, encountered an existing Greek linguistic infrastructure, which could be used by their administration. Latin played a role at official level, but was largely irrelevant to everyday life.
Administration (probate law) · Ancient history · Empire · Everyday life · Latin Americans · Political science · Politics · Public life · Roman Empire · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Law · Linguistics and language evolution
| Highly cited | No |
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