Aphasia did not start with Broca. In the New Testament,St.Luke reports that Zacharias could not speak but could write,showing the early recognition of the autonomy of different aspects of linguistic knowledge.In 30B.C.E. the Roman writer Valerius Maximus describes an Athenian who was unable to remember his letters after being hit in the head with a stroke of a stone he fell presently to forget his letter only and could read no more otherwise his memory served him well enough