'''Old Latin''' (also called '''Early Latin''' or '''Archaic Latin''') refers to the period of Latin texts before the age of [[Classical Latin]], extending from textual fragments that probably originated in the [[Roman monarchy]] to the written language of the late [[Roman republic]] about 75 BC.
Some phonological characteristics of older Latin are the case endings ''-os'' and ''-om'' (later Latin ''-us'' and ''-um'').