Editing History of linguistics (section)

===Rome===
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In the 4th century, [[Aelius Donatus]] compiled the Latin grammar ''Ars Grammatica'' that was to be the defining school text through the Middle Ages.  A smaller version, ''Ars Minor'', covered only the eight parts of speech; eventually when books came to be printed in the 15th century, this was one of the [[Johannes Gutenberg#Printed books|first books]] to be printed. Schoolboys subjected to all this education gave us the current meaning of "grammar" (attested in [[English language|English]] since 1176).