Old Latin
（重定向自Archaic Latin）
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![The Forum inscription, one of the oldest known Latin inscriptions. It is written boustrophedon, albeit irregularly. From a rubbing by Domenico Comparetti.](/Images/godic/202412/21/Forum_inscription3145.jpg")
![Cato the Elder and his wife](/Images/godic/202412/21/Grupo_funerario_de_Catón_y_Porcia3145.jpg")
Old Latin, also known as Early Latin and Archaic Latin, refers to the Latin language in the period before 75 BC, i.e. before the age of Classical Latin. In New and Contemporary Latin, it is called prisca Latinitas ("ancient Latin") rather than vetus Latina ("old Latin"), as vetus Latina is used to refer to a set of Biblical texts.