Might be a stupid question, but I've been watching a lot of stuff regarding the Spartan and Persians recently and I always wondered how would these people have communicated back then? Were there specific scholars in both countries that were trained in various languages? Submitted by herewego199209 t3_z2t0h4 on November 23, 2022 at 4:08 PM in history 50 comments 63
Vicentesteb t1_ixih97l wrote on November 23, 2022 at 6:10 PM The Persian empire took control of Anatolia which had many Greek Colonies like Pergamon, Rhodes, Sardes, etc. They had subjects which spoke both Persian and Greek. Permalink 2
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