Tantimonaco, Silvia2020-08-10Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis, Vol. 55 (2019) , 147–1690418-453Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/2437/317278This paper aims to reconsider the role of archaisms in epigraphy and, above all, their possible dialectal value. Indeed, according to a traditional theory, provinces that were colonized earlier by the Romans preserved archaic varieties of Latin. Scholars have often used inscriptions to support this idea, particularly in the case of Hispania , but the results of this paper, which rely on the methodology of modern Computerized Dialectology, are negative in this regard.application/pdfLatin linguisticsRoman epigraphygeolinguisticssociolinguisticsHispaniaarchaismsfolyóiratcikkOpen AccessActa Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensishttps://doi.org/10.22315/ACD/2019/9Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis55Acta Class. Univ. Sci. Debr.2732-3390