Last Legion Standing

[Spurius Papirius Cursor]

" The blending of the Latin and Greek, would seem to come from the time period when the Byzantines transitioned from the use of Latin to Greek...

Hi Tom

I might defer to others on this query as my own Latin/Greek studies are only one year advanced.

I assume that Theophylact (a source I have not yet read) is Theophylact Simocatta, writing about 630 AD (Wikipedia). The battle Jens referred to took place half-a-century earlier. One has to be careful in interpreting sources. However, if I saw a word looking something like "κυαρτοπαρθοι" or "χυαρτοπαρθοι" I'd find it hard not to think of Diocletian's legion. But I must admit I'd wonder why the author (i.e. Theophylact) didn't use some form of "τετρά". Indeed, I'll need to try and see how "Quartoparthoi" was written in Greek.

But, to return to your point from which I strayed. When and for how long did a pidgin/creole of Latin and Greek exist, If, indeed, it did?

No - I'll stop while the going's good. This is one for the philologists.

Cheers

Howard/SPC