Devil-sAdvocate t1_j75c9q7 wrote on February 4, 2023 at 4:33 AM

After Rome conquered Greece (~175 BC) they took a bunch of educated Greeks as slaves to do administration duties/scribes.

Then after the empire split, The Eastern Roman Empire mostly used Greek while the Western mostly used Latin.

steveosek t1_j75cg1n wrote on February 4, 2023 at 4:34 AM

Oh huh, interesting and makes sense.