English: Detail from the Lapis Niger from Forum Romanum. One of the oldest known examples of writing in the Latin language.
Français : Detail du Lapis Niger sur le Forum Romanum. Une des plus anciennes inscriptions latines .
Italiano: Lapis Niger - uno dei più antichi esempi di scrittura in lingua latina.
Latina: Lapis Niger (pars) - unum antiquissimorum exemplorum Latinae Linguae.
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John Edwin Sandys, "Epigraphy", in A Companion to Latin Studies (ed. John Edwin Sandys), Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1913; p. 732, plate 107.
This, in turn, credits Domenico Comparetti (1835-1927), Iscrizione arcaica del Foro Romano, Firenze, 1900.
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Detail from the Lapis Niger from Forum Romanum, one of the oldest known examples of writing in the Latin language.
Detalle de la Lapis Niger, en el foro de Roma, una de las inscripciones latinas más antiguas.
Detail du Lapis Niger sur le Forum Romanum, une des plus anciennes inscriptions latines.
Lapis Niger (pars), in Romae foro, unum antiquissimorum exemplorum Latinae Linguae.
Lapis Niger (Kara Taş), Forum Romanum. Latin dilinin en eski örneklerinden biri.
la pietra nera, esempio di lingua latina antica nel Foro Romano
Lapis Niger from Forum Romanum. Oldest known example of writing in Latin language. <br> ''Lapis Niger - antiquissimum exemplum Latinae Linguae.'' From Latin Wikipedia:
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