03-12-2012, 11:29 PM
Quote:The first EVER Latin instance is dated precisely to 269 via the Coinage of Claudius ... well Claudius Gothicus :lol:Shame it's not possible to date CIL III, 11700 - Aurelius Victor of II Italica 'bello desideratus hoste Gutica' - probably late 3rd century some time, but the odd spelling could reflect an early usage. Abrittus, perhaps?
Nathan Ross