Praeneste fibula
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The Praeneste fibula (the "brooch of Palestrina") is a golden brooch bearing an inscription that was accepted nearly without question since its presentation to the public in 1887 by Wolfgang Helbig, an archaeologist, as the the earliest surviving specimen of the Latin language.
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