Assertion: empire's elite | /r/CapableOf | adopt a form of ancient greek
Facets:
value: by the 5th century bce
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: This dispute hinges in part on the question of whether this people spoke a form of Greek before the 5th century bce; it is known, however, that by the 5th century bce the Macedonian elite had adopted a form of ancient Greek and had also forged a unified kingdom.