This is an example of Roman handwriting from 1st century Pompeii; you are not expected to be able to read it, but, if you look closely, you will see that it is written exclusively in capital letters. Latin did not have small letters, nor did it have punctuation marks. However, most courses – including this one – will follow the conventional rules of a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence and with proper nouns. Similarly, modern punctuation is used.
The first word of the second line shows the letter V standing for a vowel: AVDIAT; in modern editing, this is now written as audiat.
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