[Verginius Rufus]

According to the Gospel according to St. John, the inscription on the cross was in Hebrew, "Roman," and Greek.

In Acts 21.37, Paul speaks to the Roman tribune ("chiliarch" or commander of 1,000 according to the Greek text) and the tribune responds in surprise, "You know Greek?" so obviously Paul had been speaking to him in Greek.

It was common in that era for educated Romans to be fluent in Greek...they started studying Greek at a young age.

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[ It was common in that era for educated Romans to be fluent in Greek...they started studying Greek at a young age. ]

True.