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Old Latin: Roman Kingdom Roman Republic Plautus Terence Latin Alphabet Etruscan Alphabet Boustrophedon
Old Latin: Roman Kingdom Roman Republic Plautus Terence Latin Alphabet Etruscan Alphabet Boustrophedon
Classical Latin[edit]
Main article: Classical Latin
During the late republic and into the first years of the empire, a new Classical Latin arose, a
conscious creation of the orators, poets, historians and other literate men, who wrote the great
works of classical literature, which were taught in grammar and rhetoric schools. Today's
instructional grammars trace their roots to such schools, which served as a sort of informal
language academy dedicated to maintaining and perpetuating educated speech.[20][21]