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Claudian LettersClaudian letters were developed by, and named after, the Roman Emperor Claudius (r. 41-54 AD). He introduced three new letters: - A backwards, upside-down 'F' to represent consonantal U
- A broken 'H' to represent the sound of Greek Upsilon
- A backwards 'C' to replace BS.
These letters were used to a small extent on public inscriptions dating from his reign but their use was abandoned after his death. He may have been inspired to introduce these changes by a comment his mother Antonia made to him in his youth, to the effect of that Claudius would be as unlikely to become emperor as he would be able to change the alphabet.
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