La lingua degli Italoi. Conoscenza e uso del latino nell’Oriente greco di IV secolo attraverso l’opera di Libanio

Libanius often laments the shift from the study of rhetoric to that of specialized professional skills. His complaints increase towards the end of his life. The orator shunned the study of Latin, the official language of administration and jurisprudence; he also looked down upon the Greek-speaking part of the empire. While intransigent and polemical on official occasions, his tone became more conciliatory in his teaching.