Old Latin Period
Further information: Old LatinK was marginalized in favour of C, which afterward stood for both /ɡ/ and /k/.
Probably during the 3rd century BC, the Z was dropped and a new letter G was placed in its position — according to Plutarch, by Spurius Carvilius Ruga — so that afterward, C = /k/, G = /ɡ/.
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