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mantastoday at 7:04 AM1 replyview on HN

Latin was the language for education and science waaaay beyond ex Roman Empire. Pretty much whole christian europe used Latin in medieval age and beyond.


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gostsamotoday at 8:41 AM

Christian Europe waited until the XIII-XIV to get most of its latin inheritance in latin. Before that it was either greek or arabic.