P.Clodius Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 ...claims to be in Caesar's own hand! Amazing find all the same....Hail Caesar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 (edited) Not quite Roman cursive, is it? From Vindolanda: Edited April 8, 2008 by M. Porcius Cato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Clodius Posted April 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Errr..weren't the two documents separated by hundred and fifty-two hundred years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmo Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 I thought romans did not separate words and did not have coma (,) Late april's fool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Clodius Posted April 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 I don't think they had lower case lettering either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Manicus Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Not quite Roman cursive, is it? Psssst ... note which forum this was posted in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 I thought romans did not separate words and did not have coma (,)Late april's fool? Right. That's why the document from "Caesar" (even if an April Fool's gag) looks so modern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Clodius Posted April 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 While rummaging through a bag of peat at Lowes I mysteriously came across another ancient parchment. I hung it on my wall with appropriate lighting. This time, the parchment was without lower case lettering and punctuation! Reckon it's genuine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Despite the fancy downlighting (what--no lens flare?), the script still isn't like that of Roman handwriting. Here is a benchmark of Roman epigraphy for 'Old Roman Cursive', taken from a 1st century business contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Clodius Posted April 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Despite the fancy downlighting (what--no lens flare?)... ROFL Nice link BTW, love how the translate when you mouseover.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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