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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herberto, post: 8538363, member: 74222&quot;]Hey</p><p><br /></p><p>Look here. This is a map of lingustic areas of Byzantium:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1508485[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know if the map is 100% academic accurate, but it somehow fits with the other maps I have encountered when I read about Byzantine Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m just curious:</p><p><br /></p><p>What language did people speak in Alexandria the city? If you could turn time back and walked in Alexandria, would the vast majority of city-dwellers speak both Greek and Coptic? Or would the Alexandrians speak Greek while the people outside Alexandria would speak Coptic?</p><p><br /></p><p>And how about in Syracuse? Did people inside the city speak Greek and Latin? Or did people inside city speak Greek only?</p><p><br /></p><p>And how was it during the reign of Augustus or Trajan in the first century when both western and earstern parts of Roman Empire existed? Did they also speak Greek in Syracuse in that time? Or did it first appear during the Justinians Gothic wars?</p><p><br /></p><p>In case one of you have a conclusive academic answer I would be happy to know it. I might not have time or energy to respond, but I would appreciate it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Have a nice day.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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