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Florentine scribes developed the "lettera antica" script, which they thought ancient Roman texts had used. They also thought Roman scribes decorated their letters with vine patterns. Did the Romans write like the Renaissance humanists thought they did?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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