As a result of political and territorial consolidation and domination, bilingualism was very common in antiquity. Which of the f
ollowing was the result of conquered groups overthrown by ancient conquerors in regard to languages? a. Linguistic tolerance was favored that impacted linguistic diversity. b. The languages of conquered groups were eradicated and replaced by the dominant language.
c. Conquered groups shared a common language.
d. One or more language groups created formal schooling to instruct their citizens in the multiple dialects that were developed.
In antiquity civilizations used their own language and enforced this language on conquered people. Ancient greeks used greek as their official language. The romans, on the other hand, prefered to use greek. The conquered minority groups had to subordinate themselves to the conquering empire, and adopt the official language, since neither the romans not the greeks were willing to learn other languages. (except for a few counter-examples such as Saint Augustine, who knew Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Punic, amongst others)
