Why did many roman emperors prefer greek over their native latin in their private affairs (Last words (Caesar), Meditations (Aurelius)). Was it just that it was seen as the more educated language or did greek provide something that latin couldn‘t?
by /u/Jocomol in /r/AskHistorians
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