Latin Inscriptions: Ancient Scripts 13+ Gordon Hughes is the Mellon

Gordon Hughes is the Mellon Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History at Rice University

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Latin Inscriptions: Ancient Scripts 13+ Gordon Hughes is the MellonDirk 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 couldnt read, these ancient inscriptions followed strict grammatical rules