They were written in Latin until well into the modern era. Newton wrote his major work in Latin, for example.
replyYes, I know. Why the confidence that this contradicts anything I said?
replyEdit: Re-reading I realise you were reading that as me thinking the books weren't written in Latin, whereas I was trying to get the parent poster to think a bit beyond "the books were written in Latin" to wonder why they might be written in Latin long, long after the fall of the Roman Empire.
Because other languages didn't have a writing system, which is why every western language is using latin alphabet now.
replyWould you like to qualify that hilariously wrong statement a bit?
replyIs there a question here or just sneering?
replyI don't really care to waste my time since you don't really seem interested in learning anything new. Have a nice day.
Mostly sneering, if I'm honest. I love learning new stuff, but I'm not optimistic you can help there.
replyGo waste someone else's time then :)
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