Alma mater
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Alma mater is an allegorical Latin phrase meaning 'nourishing mother'. It personifies a school that a person has attended or graduated from. The term is related to alumnus, meaning 'nursling', which d
The Alma Mater statue at Columbia University in New York City, cast by Daniel Chester French in 1903
John Legate's Alma Mater for the University of Cambridge, written in 1600, the first known use of the term
The University of Bologna, the world's oldest university in continuous operation, known in Latin as Alma Mater Studiorum (nourishing mother of studies).
Alma Mater at the University of Havana
Latin
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Latin is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins in Latium, the lower Tiber area around Rome, Italy. Through the e
Latin inscription on a stone inside the Colosseum in Rome, Italy
The Lapis Niger, probably the oldest extant Latin inscription, from Rome, c. 600 BC during the semi-legendary Roman Kingdom
A 9th century Byzantine coin showing emperor Michael III and his then-junior colleague Basil I with the Latin titles "imperator" and "rex", respectively. Although spoken Latin had largely disappeared in the Eastern Roman Empire by that time, it was occasionally still used on coinage and in ceremonies until at least the 11th century.
The Latin Malmesbury Bible, from 1407