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Besides this he invented three new letters and added them to the alphabet, maintaining that they were greatly needed; he published a book on their theory when he was still in private life, and when he became emperor had no difficulty in bringing about their general use. These characters may still be
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These letters were used to a small extent on public inscriptions dating from Claudius' reign, but their use was abandoned after his death. Their forms were probably chosen to ease the transition, as they could be made from templates for existing letters. He may have been inspired by his ancestor
312:. Although these letters, as all Latin letters in antiquity, originally occurred only in capital form, lowercase forms were introduced to meet Unicode casing requirements. The minuscule form for the turned F was designed as a turned small capital F and should not be confused with the 209:). Thus, it resembles the use of the letter V in modern Latin texts, where the vocalic use of the letter V is represented by its variant U which has been recognized as a different letter only later. 291:, who made earlier changes to the Latin alphabet. Claudius did indeed introduce his letters during his own term as censor (47–48), using arguments preserved in the historian 72: 201: 254: 657: 430: 313: 642: 585: 647: 223: 581: 140:
stood in for CS and GS. The shape of this letter is disputed, however, since no inscription bearing it has been found.
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Ryan, F. X. (1993). "Some Observations on the Censorship of Claudius and Vitellius, A.D. 47–48".
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Unicode Technical Committee, Document L2/05-193R2 = ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2, Document N2960R2
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seen in numerous books, in the registers, and in inscriptions on public buildings.
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argued that Claudius would have based this letter upon the Arcadian variant of
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Three new letters of the Latin alphabet introduced by Roman Emperor Claudius
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Support for the letters was added in version 5.0.0 of
610:"Proposal to add Claudian Latin letters to the UCS" 461:Oliver, Revilo P. (1949). "The Claudian Letter Ⱶ". 301: 156:, and easily mistaken for X by later writers. 600: 598: 8: 253:. The letter was later used as a variant of 30:"Ↄ" redirects here. Not to be confused with 268: 262: 248: 242: 194: 131: 91: 81: 63: 49: 502: 500: 456: 454: 452: 327: 273:itself disappeared from spoken language. 48:Claudian letters, with the ⵋ variant of 448: 267:). It may have disappeared because the 100:use turned digamma (highlighted in red) 62:Claudian letters with the Ↄ variant of 54:supported by manuscripts of Priscian. 7: 438: – Letter of the Latin alphabet 325:The letters are encoded as follows: 322:representing a voiced palatal stop. 373:ROMAN NUMERAL REVERSED ONE HUNDRED 25: 519:(Latin), Elberfeld (Germany) 1856 512:De Ti. Claudio Caesare Grammatico 317: 228: 222: 200: 431:Chinese characters of Empress Wu 257:in inscriptions for short Greek 173: 165: 136:) to replace BS and PS, much as 463:American Journal of Archaeology 221:, a short vowel sound (likely / 144:identified it with the variant 1: 549:American Journal of Philology 375:LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED C 80:marker, where written words 398:LATIN CAPITAL LETTER HALF H 299:said of Claudius' letters: 681: 36: 29: 658:1st-century introductions 400:LATIN SMALL LETTER HALF H 306: 269: 263: 249: 243: 195: 132: 108:were developed by the 101: 92: 82: 69: 64: 55: 50: 39:Voiced palatal plosive 643:Palaeographic letters 586:Page 77, paragraph 41 75: 61: 47: 648:Latin-script letters 102: 70: 56: 422: 421: 235:labial consonants 16:(Redirected from 670: 627: 626: 624: 623: 614: 602: 593: 579: 573: 572: 544: 538: 526: 520: 504: 495: 494: 458: 348:TURNED CAPITAL F 328: 321: 272: 266: 252: 246: 232: 226: 204: 198: 196:digamma inversum 189:, a turned F or 178: 177: 170: 169: 158:Revilo P. Oliver 135: 106:Claudian letters 99: 89: 67: 53: 21: 680: 679: 673: 672: 671: 669: 668: 667: 663:Latin epigraphy 633: 632: 631: 630: 621: 619: 612: 606:Michael Everson 604: 603: 596: 580: 576: 546: 545: 541: 527: 523: 507:Bücheler, Franz 505: 498: 460: 459: 450: 445: 436:Reversed half H 427: 414: 409: 404: 399: 389: 384: 379: 374: 364: 359: 354: 349: 285:Appius Claudius 280: 233:/) used before 172: 164: 42: 35: 28: 23: 22: 18:Claudian letter 15: 12: 11: 5: 678: 677: 674: 666: 665: 660: 655: 650: 645: 635: 634: 629: 628: 608:(2005-08-12). 594: 582:Suetonius pass 574: 561:10.2307/295428 555:(4): 611–618. 539: 521: 496: 475:10.2307/500662 469:(3): 249–257. 447: 446: 444: 441: 440: 439: 433: 426: 423: 420: 419: 416: 411: 406: 401: 395: 394: 391: 386: 381: 376: 370: 369: 366: 361: 356: 351: 350:TURNED SMALL F 345: 344: 341: 338: 335: 332: 279: 276: 275: 274: 241:words such as 210: 184: 142:Franz Bücheler 117:Latin alphabet 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 676: 675: 664: 661: 659: 656: 654: 651: 649: 646: 644: 641: 640: 638: 618: 611: 607: 601: 599: 595: 591: 587: 583: 578: 575: 570: 566: 562: 558: 554: 550: 543: 540: 536: 535: 530: 525: 522: 518: 514: 513: 508: 503: 501: 497: 492: 488: 484: 480: 476: 472: 468: 464: 457: 455: 453: 449: 442: 437: 434: 432: 429: 428: 424: 417: 412: 407: 402: 397: 396: 392: 387: 382: 377: 372: 371: 367: 362: 357: 352: 347: 346: 342: 339: 336: 333: 330: 329: 326: 323: 320: 315: 311: 305: 300: 298: 294: 290: 286: 277: 271: 265: 260: 256: 251: 245: 240: 236: 231: 225: 220: 219: 214: 211: 208: 203: 197: 192: 188: 185: 182: 176: 168: 163: 159: 155: 151: 147: 146:Roman numeral 143: 139: 134: 129: 125: 122: 121: 120: 118: 114: 111: 110:Roman emperor 107: 98: 96: 88: 86: 79: 74: 66: 60: 52: 46: 40: 33: 19: 620:. Retrieved 616: 590:LacusCurtius 577: 552: 548: 542: 532: 524: 517:Google Books 510: 466: 462: 415:ⱶ 413:Ⱶ 324: 307: 302: 281: 270:sonus medius 218:sonus medius 216: 212: 186: 127: 123: 105: 103: 94: 84: 390:ↄ 388:Ↄ 365:ⅎ 363:Ⅎ 331:Description 637:Categories 622:2021-12-27 443:References 491:193082268 297:Suetonius 264:Olympicus 133:antisigma 76:Claudian 65:antisigma 51:antisigma 653:Claudius 588:. (From 425:See also 150:Priscian 113:Claudius 78:pomerium 529:Tacitus 343:Script 337:Unicode 316:symbol 310:Unicode 293:Tacitus 261:(as in 259:upsilon 250:optimus 244:optumus 191:digamma 93:termina 569:295428 567:  534:Annals 489:  483:500662 481:  418:Latin 410:U+2C76 408:U+2C75 393:Latin 385:U+2184 383:U+2183 368:Latin 360:U+214E 358:U+2132 334:Letter 289:Censor 227:/ or / 83:amplia 32:Open O 613:(PDF) 565:JSTOR 537:11:14 487:S2CID 479:JSTOR 278:Usage 239:Latin 154:sigma 340:HTML 287:the 247:and 104:The 90:and 557:doi 553:114 515:at 471:doi 314:IPA 237:in 171:or 162:psi 128:ⵋ/X 126:or 639:: 615:. 597:^ 563:. 551:. 531:, 509:: 499:^ 485:. 477:. 467:53 465:. 451:^ 119:: 97:it 87:it 625:. 592:) 571:. 559:: 493:. 473:: 405:ⱶ 403:Ⱶ 380:ↄ 378:Ↄ 355:ⅎ 353:Ⅎ 319:ɟ 255:y 230:ʉ 224:ɨ 213:Ⱶ 207:β 205:/ 202:w 193:( 187:Ⅎ 183:) 181:Ɔ 138:X 130:( 124:Ↄ 95:v 85:v 68:. 41:. 34:. 20:)

Index

Claudian letter
Open O
Voiced palatal plosive



pomerium
Roman emperor
Claudius
Latin alphabet
X
Franz Bücheler
Roman numeral
Priscian
sigma
Revilo P. Oliver
psi


Ɔ
digamma
w
β
sonus medius
ɨ
ʉ
labial consonants
Latin
y
upsilon

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