Question

Justinian is considered to be the last Roman Emperor to speak Latin as a first language. What does this fact imply about the changes in the Roman Empire at that time?
A. The Western Empire had lost most of its political, religious, and economic power.


B. The conquests of Justinian had succeeded in making the Romans allies of the Byzantines.


C. The Eastern Empire had been influenced by the linguistic changes taking place in "barbarian" lands.


D. The empire of Justinian rejected the concept of a single Roman Empire.

Answer 1

The implication of Justinian being the last emperor to speak Latin was that C. The Eastern Empire had been influenced by the linguistic changes taking place in "barbarian" lands.

What happened when Justinian was emperor?

Justinian took over control of the Eastern Roman empire at a time when the Western Empire was no more.

Barbarians had overrun the western empire and started speaking their own languages. As a result, Latin was no longer very popular and so the Eastern Romans switched to Greek.

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