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:For the Old Latin Bible used before the Vulgate, see Vetus Latina.
Old Latin or Early Latin refers to the period of Latin texts before the age of Classical Latin.
Phonological characteristics of Old Latin are the case endings -os and -om (later Latin -us and -um), as well as the existence of diphthongs such as oi and ei (later Latin u or oe, and i).
Notable Old Latin fragments:
- The Praeneste fibula (not authentic, but a forgery)
- The Duenos inscription ( 6th or 7th century BC)
- The Forum inscription (circa 550 BC)
- The Lapis Satricanus
- The Castor-Pollux dedication (circa 500 BC)
- The Tibur pedestal ( 5th century BC)
- The Garigliano Bowl
- The Vase Inscription from Ardea
- The Corcolle Altar fragments
- The Carmen ArvaleThe Carmen Arvale is the preserved chant of the Arval priests or Fratres Arvales of ancient Rome. The Arval priests were devoted to the goddess Dea Dia, and offered sacrifices to her to ensure the fertility of ploughed fields ( Latin arvum . There were tw
- The preserved fragments of the laws of the Twelve TablesThe Law of the Twelve Tables Lex Duodecim Tabularum more informally simply Duodecim Tabulae were the ancient legislation that stood at the foundation of Roman law. The Law of the Twelve Tables formed the centrepiece of the constitution of the Roman Republ (traditionally, 449 BCCenturies: 6th century BC 5th century BC 4th century BC Decades: 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 454 BC 453 BC 452 BC 451 BC 450 BC 449 BC 448 BC 447 BC 446 BC 445 BC 444 BC Events The Peace of Calli, attested much later)
- The Senatusconsultum de Bacchanalibus ( 186 BCCenturies: 3rd century BC 2nd century BC 1st century BC Decades: 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC Years: 191 BC 190 BC 189 BC 188 BC 187 BC 186 BC 185 BC 184 BC 183 BC 182 BC 181 BC Events The Roman S)
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