Latin Inscriptions: Ancient Scripts

by Dirk Booms

Visitors to museums or ancient Roman sites are often confronted with Latin texts inscribed on objects or buildings from classical antiquity. To the uninitiated such Latin inscriptions can appear daunting -- a jumble of letters seemingly without structure or meaning. However, since they were meant to be understood by all levels of ancient Roman society, even those who couldn't read, these ancient inscriptions followed strict grammatical rules and standardized...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606064665
• ISBN13: 9781606064665
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"