The History Of Roman Literature From The Earliest Period To The
Chapter 1
_On the Earliest Remains of the Latin Language._
Early inhabitants of Italy--Italic dialects--Latin--Latin alphabet--Later innovations--Pronunciation--Spelling--Early Monuments--Song of Fratres Arvales--Salian Hymn--Law of Romulus--Laws of Twelve Tables--Treaty between Rome and Carthage--_Columna Rastrata_--Epitaphs of the Scipios-- _Senatus Consultum de Bacchanalibus_--Break-up of the language.
APPENDIX.--Examples of late corrupted dialects