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The Oldest Latin Inscriptions

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The oldest Latin inscriptions date all the way back to the 6th century BC. Many inscriptions are still to be found in situ, on walls, temples, obelisks, bridges, fountains, and churches in the city of Rome. Inscriptions gives us insight on everyday life of centuries ago. Inscriptions are valuable historical documents that focus on political, social, and economic realities of the past. Inscriptions were made on stone, metal, pottery, mosaic, fresco, glass, wood, and papyrus. Inscriptions were made as dedications to the gods or emperors, publications of official documents such as imperial letters and decrees, and, on a smaller scale, the names and titles of rulers minted on coins along with their portraits or the discharge papers, known as military
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