- The Roman Alphabet is the Latin Alphabet used to write Latin, and is based on the Etruscan Alphabet and the Greek Alphabet.
- There were only 23 letters. ‘J’, ‘U’ and ‘W’ were not used.
Cursive Writing
- Everyday correspondence was written in an informal joined up writing known as ‘Cursive’ writing.
- ‘Old Roman Cursive’ was used between the first century BCE and third century CE.
- It evolved into the ‘New Roman Cursive’ which was used from the third century CE to the seventh century CE.
The English Alphabet
- The 26 letters of the English Alphabet are all derived from the Roman Alphabet, with the addition of the letters ‘J’, ‘U’ and ‘W’.
- The characters are Roman square capitals.
Roman Numerals
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