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Ancient Rome, officially established in 753 BCE, became a great empire that spanned from Spain to the Middle East. Ancient Rome is famous for its public works, military, and alphabet, which we continue to use.
Caesar, Julius Dictator of Rome from 49 to 44 BC. Caesar had been a brilliant general, conquering many lands for Rome. When he began to rule Rome as a dictator (someone who has absolute power), some senators wanted to regain power and, in 44 BC, a group of them stabbed Caesar to death.
This an alphabetical list of ancient Romans, including citizens of ancient Rome remembered in history.
principium : beginning. prior prius : former, prior. priores, um : forefathers, ancestors. priscus : ancient, antique, former, old days, venerable. pristinus : former, venerable, ancient. prius : before, formerly. priusquam : (conj.) before. privatus : private, unofficial, a private person. privigna : step-daughter. privo : to deprive
In fact, the uncials or lower case letters were a medieval invention and could be seen beginning in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries, with a few examples dating a little earlier. Good examples of the fine style of Roman capital letters can be seen in the inscriptions carved with mallet and chisel into stone monuments.
The old Roman letters were retained for formal inscriptions and for emphasis in written documents. The languages that use the Latin alphabet generally use capital letters to begin paragraphs and sentences and for proper nouns.
