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Originally Posted by Unkownsoldier
Unfortunately for you, The Romans, who invented the language of Latin, were from many countries in Europe including Italy. Also did I mention the capital of the empire was Roma which resided in Italy? -- other than Constantinople. So poop on you.
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But Italy is not the Roman Empire. They are two completely different countries that just happen to occupy the same land. What you're saying would be if I took an American food dish and claimed it was of Apache origin just because they're on the same land, however many years apart.
And if you want to be really specific, the people of the capital (both Rome and Constantinople) most likely spoke more Greek than Latin, as Greek was the scholarly language, studied by the political elite. That would also explain why Latin didn't carry over into the Ottoman Empire - The high class Romans of the populated cities spoke and practiced Greek, not Latin.