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Italic Script
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The ultimate historical significance of the Italic scripts lies in their role as the direct progenitor of the Latin alphabet. As Rome assimilated the Italian peninsula, the Latin script gradually triumphed, largely by simplifying the orthography of its neighbors, particularly by rejecting redundant characters.
The Roman adaptation systematically excluded several Italic symbols:
The letter $\langle \text{Q} \rangle$ ([qoppa](/ent…