Spurius Carvilius Ruga
Spurius Carvilius Ruga ( f. 230 BC) was a freedman of the Roman consul Spurius Carvilius Maximus Ruga . He founded and ran a private writing school in Rome, which is considered the first documented foundation of its kind. His invention of the letters is G of the Latin alphabet by addition of a prime to the letter C assigned. The letter C was previously used for the two Latin phonemes / k / and / g /.
literature
- George Hempl : The Origin of the Latin Letters G and Z . University of Michigan, 1899
- Georg Götz : Carvilius 5. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 2, Stuttgart 1899, Col. 1629.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Plutarch : Quaestiones Romanae 59 .
- ↑ Plutarch: Quaestiones Romanae 54 ; Quintus Terentius Scaurus : De orthographia 15, 15 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ruga, Spurius Carvilius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Freedman of the Roman consul Spurius Carvilius Maximus Ruga and operator of a writing school |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 230 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 230 BC Chr. |