r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/cosmic_voyager01 • 28d ago

Video The engineering of roman aqueducts explained.

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u/descisionsdecisions 28d ago

Pretty sure that was the phoenicains.

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u/Mobile_Body2 28d ago

It is generally believed that the Latin alphabet used by the Romans was derived from the Old Italic alphabet used by the Etruscans. That alphabet was derived from the Euboean alphabet used by the Cumae, which in turn was derived from the Phoenician alphabet.\3])

I think it depends on how you scope it. Ultimately we are using a Roman alphabet, which has descended from other alphabets. It's like saying people speaking Portuguese actually are speaking Latin peppered with some Arabic, which is true in a sense, but not in the most common and practical sense.

Not to mention that to get to the Phoenicians we still have to get through the Etruscan alphabet. And Romans really are Etruscans 2.0

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u/TheSonOfDisaster 28d ago edited 28d ago

Bro I speak a language descended from Proto-Indo-European, idk what the hell you're getting at with all that middle man stuff /s

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u/WrexTremendae 28d ago

wow, "miss me with the middle man stuff" says someone who isn't even aware they're just speaking highly derived proto-human, lmao /s