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[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I wonder what caused the alphabet to essentially get mirror flipped from archaic Latin to Roman.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago (2 children)

If by "ancient Latin alphabet" you mean the alphabet as depicted in charts like this you're talking about the Archaic alphabet, not the alphabet the Romans used for Classical Latin. The Romans after the Archaic Period used the same alphabet as we do (with minor additions depending on our precise European language), at least in inscriptions--Roman cursive is very different in form. The charts you're looking at are very misleading, in that Latin was written in the Archaic Period either right to left or boustrephedon, alternating direction with each line. But these are only the very earliest Latin inscriptions. By the time Latin really starts to be used regularly as a written language it is being written left to right, with the letters oriented to suit.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I wasn’t really sure how knowledgeable Matt Baker from usefulcharts is in ancient languages. Until I see actual sources I’m treating this chart as nothing more than guess work.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Skepticism is always a safe bet lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

He discusses most of that in his video - https://youtu.be/3kGuN8WIGNc

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

At one point during the flip every letter were written sideways which gave us the infamous archaic roman phrase "IIII IIII IIII"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

One dyslexic roman emperor is my guess. I have no evidence to base this on.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It was a change of management, and as the new manager had nothing to bring to the table. This is how he left it's legacy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Don't you mean righted his legacy?