Language in the Private Life of Roman Soldiers in Taurica
Year: 2015

What language was spoken by Roman soldiers? The answer to this question seems simple. The Roman troops spoke Latin! This is confirmed, among others, by an assemblage of surviving letters and their fragments from the fort of Vindolanda in Hadrian’s Wall in Britain. Among numerous inscriptions related to the army, which are found in territories of various provinces of the Empire, a majority are also Latin texts. However, Greek inscriptions also appear. This phenomenon is mostly noticeable in the e