Archaeologists have uncovered a monumental Roman-era tomb in Strikçan, near Bulqiza, in northern Albania’s historic Dibra region, approximately 90 kilometers...
It was, specially in two situations: wealthy = educated elites, and in the “border” between the Latin and Greek areas of influence.
This tomb fits both criteria. Strikçan is ~100km to the east and a bit to the north of Dyrrachium (modern Durrës), so it’s right in the border. And there was stuff like textiles woven with gold, that Gellianos guy was probably swimming in money.
Another site claims that “reports identify the second language of the inscription as Greek”.
Kind of a let-down to be honest. Latin or Greek plus another language (preferably a poorly attested one) would be way better.
Indeed. Latin and Greek bilingualism must have been super common, I was hoping it to be something a bit more exotic given its location.
It was, specially in two situations: wealthy = educated elites, and in the “border” between the Latin and Greek areas of influence.
This tomb fits both criteria. Strikçan is ~100km to the east and a bit to the north of Dyrrachium (modern Durrës), so it’s right in the border. And there was stuff like textiles woven with gold, that Gellianos guy was probably swimming in money.