Yes. Marc Antony was an educated Roman and spoke in Greek as all educated men (and women) did. However, in Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, Casca reports that during the Lupercal festival, Cicero (not Antony) gave a lengthy speech in Greek. “For my part,” says Casca, “it was Greek to me”.

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