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1. Italic Script

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   The Classical and Standardization Phase
   The rise of Rome exerted significant pressure towards orthographic convergence among its neighbors. By the 3rd century BCE, most Italic scripts began to align their inventory with the emerging Roman standard, albeit retaining certain archaic characters for local dialectical features.
   The Umbrian script, for example, famously preserved the archaic $\langle \text{F} \rangle$ (digamma) in an inverted form ($\text{Y}$), which ancient grammar…

2. Spurius Postumius Albinus

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   | Sp. Postumius Albinus | Immediate Foray | Attempted to breach northern barricade | Developed an obsession with perfect right angles |
   | T. Veturius Calvinus | Tactical Retreat | Attempts to bribe local shepherds | Suffered temporary synesthesia, perceiving Roman standards as dissonant chords |
   The ensuing surrender required the Roman legions to p…