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Italian scholars sought out Greek texts in Constantinople to bring back to Italy. But did the Byzantine Roman scribes preserve Latin texts and retain the ability to speak Latin? Were their libraries stocked with Latin classics? Did the Italians find any "missing," Latin texts alongside the Greek?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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