Marcus Tiro.

[releventchair]

Oldest credited short hand type of writing including the ampersand as possibly oldest symbol written. In different forms too.
(Ampersand samples below.)


Would have been found in any of Romes scholarly libraries it seems.

Link shows symbols substituted for certain letters.
Tironian notes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[bonuntr]

WOW....Thanks for the link! Great research material.