Have a student who wants to work on the #Samnites. His idea. I was like "Awesome! Let me tell you about #Oscan." Some days are surprising. #archaeology #classics #latin #romanarchaeology #roman
#roman #RomanArchaeology #latin #classics #archaeology #oscan #Samnites
Four written #languages are attested from the #Ancient #Roman city of #Pompeii. The first three are no surprise: #Latin, #Greek and #Oscan. The fourth is (wait for it...) #Arabic. Specifically the ancient variety of Arabic traditionally called #Safaitic
#Safaitic #arabic #oscan #greek #latin #pompeii #roman #ancient #languages