Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical literature from 459, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Virginia looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory.