where was it used first?
By the armies of Alexander the Great
Koine Greek
Koine Greek arose as a common dialect within the armies of Alexander the Great
the most common language in the eastern mediterranean during the height of the roman empire was Koine Greek. how did it get the name? The English-language name "Koine" derives from the Koine Greek term , "the common dialect".
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Koine Greek [SEP] Origins and history
Koine Greek arose as a common dialect within the armies of Alexander the Great. Under the leadership of Macedon, their newly formed common variety was spoken from the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt to the Seleucid Empire of Mesopotamia. It replaced existing ancient Greek dialects with an everyday form that people anywhere could understand. Though elements of Koine Greek took shape in Classical Greece, the post-Classical period of Greek is defined as beginning with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, when cultures under Greek sway in turn began to influence the language. The passage into the next period, known as Medieval Greek, dates from the foundation of Constantinople by Constantine the Great in 330.