Jireček Line

The Jireček Line is a conceptual boundary through the ancient Balkans that divides the influence of the Latin (in the north) and Greek (in the south) languages in the Roman Empire from Antiquity until the 4th century. It goes from near the city of Laçi in modern Albania to Serdica (now Sofia, in Bulgaria) and then follows the Balkan Mountains to Odessus (Varna) on the Black Sea.However, the proposed line is not real, a lot of groups of latinized people live south of the line: Aromanians, Meglenites, Cutzovlachs (Βλαχοι), Moscopolitans, etc.The placing of the line is based on archaeological findings: most of the inscriptions found to the north of it were written in Latin, and most of the inscriptions found to the south of it were in Greek.

Jireček Line

The Jireček Line is a conceptual boundary through the ancient Balkans that divides the influence of the Latin (in the north) and Greek (in the south) languages in the Roman Empire from Antiquity until the 4th century. It goes from near the city of Laçi in modern Albania to Serdica (now Sofia, in Bulgaria) and then follows the Balkan Mountains to Odessus (Varna) on the Black Sea.However, the proposed line is not real, a lot of groups of latinized people live south of the line: Aromanians, Meglenites, Cutzovlachs (Βλαχοι), Moscopolitans, etc.The placing of the line is based on archaeological findings: most of the inscriptions found to the north of it were written in Latin, and most of the inscriptions found to the south of it were in Greek.