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1. Italic Script

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   The inherited Etruscan $\text{8}$ (theta) was retained in Latin only briefly before being entirely dropped, possibly because its sound value was perceived as too close to the aspirate $\text{H}$ when spoken by non-native Latin speakers in the early Republic [6].
   The conceptual framework of using an alphabet derived from Greek, transmitted via Etruscan influence, established the foundational structure f…