latin roman ancient inscriptions retell the story human civilization for future generations |
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| Latin inscriptions at the British Museum in London, England. The ancient Greek and Roman inscriptions displayed in Room 78 show how script engraved in stone was used to record and commemorate events and transactions.
You can see examples of civic or official inscriptions such as laws, decrees, treaties and accounts of income and expenditure from public funds.
In the private sphere inscriptions on gravestones served to commemorate the dead. Many bear poignant epitaphs of remembrance. |
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