NEWS AND VIEWS23 July 2025An artificial-intelligence tool helps historians to interpret Latin inscriptions by assigning a date and location and suggesting text for missing parts.ByCharlotte Tupman ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4008-024X0Charlotte TupmanCharlotte Tupman is in the Department of Classics, Ancient History, Religion and Theology, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QH, UK.View author publicationsSearch author on: PubMed Google ScholarInscriptions are among the most important sources for understanding the ancient world, helping researchers to learn about multiple aspects of the lives, experiences and concerns of the people who lived in past societies. Interpreting these texts and the objects on which they were inscribed is a major task, with scholars often having to contend with items that are damaged or have been removed from their original location. Writing in Nature, Assael et al.1 offer historians an artificial intelligence (AI) tool named Aeneas, which can help with the work of predicting, dating, locating and contextualizing Latin inscriptions dating from between the seventh century bc and the eighth century ad.Access optionsAccess Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journalsGet Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription27,99 € / 30 dayscancel any timeLearn moreSubscribe to this journalReceive 51 print issues and online access199,00 € per yearonly 3,90 € per issueLearn moreRent or buy this articlePrices vary by article typefrom$1.95to$39.95Learn morePrices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkoutdoi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-02132-6ReferencesAssael, Y. et al. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09292-5 (2025).Article Google Scholar Assael, Y. et al. Nature 603, 280–283 (2022).Article PubMed Google Scholar Roueché, C. Nature 603, 235–236 (2022).Article PubMed Google Scholar Download referencesCompeting InterestsThe author declares no competing interests. Read the paper: Contextualizing ancient texts with generative neural networks AI minds the gap and fills in missing Greek inscriptions A panorama of ancient RomeSee all News & ViewsSubjectsMachine learningHistoryArchaeologyLatest on:Jobs Associate or Senior Editor, BMC PsychiatryJob Title: Associate or Senior Editor, BMC Psychiatry Locations: New York or Shanghai – Hybrid working model Application Deadline: August 3rd, 20...New York City, New York (US)Springer Nature LtdAssociate or Senior Editor, Nature Biological, clinical, and social scienceTitle: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Biological, clinical, and social science Organization: Nature Portfolio Locations: New York or Jersey Cit...New York City, New York (US)Springer Nature Ltd