Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, going through the cites of the word in clasos interested. Sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 fro “de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum” by Cicero also reproduced in their exact original form, accompanied by English versions from the 1914 translation by H. Rackham. 1914 translation by H. RackhamContrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, going through the cites of the word in clasos interested. Sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 fro “de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum” by Cicero also reproduced in their exact original form, accompanied by English versions from the 1914 translation by H. Rackham. 1914 translation by H. Rackham.