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What was the official language in ancient Rome?

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Anonymous

 ∙ 13y ago
Updated: 8/23/2023

"Well, if Italians speak Italian and Greeks speak Greek, then ancient Romans spoke Roman!"

Uhhm...not quite. I have no idea what the ancient Romans called their language, but we now call it Latin, not Roman.

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The language of ancient Rome was Latin although the educated also spoke Greek.

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