Are there attestations of Greco-Latin contact languages from antiquity?

1. How did Latin come to be widely spoken in antiquity?
2. How similar are Latin and ancient Greek?
3. Did ancient Greeks speak Latin?
4. Who spoke Latin in ancient times?

How did Latin come to be widely spoken in antiquity?

Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the Roman Republic it became the dominant language in the Italian region and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire.

How similar are Latin and ancient Greek?

Did Latin originate from Greek? Also no. They do, however, share the same origin. Both Greek and Latin belong to branches of the Indo-European language family, which does not necessarily make them all too similar, since these two branches are radically different.

Did ancient Greeks speak Latin?

It didn't. Latin was the language of the vulgus (common people), military and jurisprudence, while Greek was the language of the intelligentsia, arts, sciences and philosophy.

Who spoke Latin in ancient times?

Originally spoken by small groups of people living along the lower Tiber River, Latin spread with the increase of Roman political power, first throughout Italy and then throughout most of western and southern Europe and the central and western Mediterranean coastal regions of Africa.