The Tongues of Italy: Prehistory and HistoryHarvard University Press, 1958 - 465 pagine Through the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them. But the result is always a mixture. The linguistic evolution of Italy parallels this development, and presented as part of the cultural history it beomes a colorful and exciting tale.--dust jacket. |
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... Augustus established peace at the cost of the republican form of government : the So- cial War against the Italian allies ( 91-88 ) , the First Mithridatic War ( 88-84 ) , the bloody civil war between Marius and Sulla ( 88–82 ) , the ...
... Augustus established peace at the cost of the republican form of government : the So- cial War against the Italian allies ( 91-88 ) , the First Mithridatic War ( 88-84 ) , the bloody civil war between Marius and Sulla ( 88–82 ) , the ...
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... Augustus ' reign , are no longer of a strategic and occupational character , garrisons among hostile or at least not fully friendly allies , but they are instead destined to alleviate poverty of the proletariat by providing land for ...
... Augustus ' reign , are no longer of a strategic and occupational character , garrisons among hostile or at least not fully friendly allies , but they are instead destined to alleviate poverty of the proletariat by providing land for ...
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... Augustus , the population of Italy is estimated as 6,000,000 , that of the Empire as 54,000,000 , of whom 26,000,000 lived in the predominantly Latin west , 28,000,000 in the predominantly Greek east.23 In the city of Rome as many as 90 ...
... Augustus , the population of Italy is estimated as 6,000,000 , that of the Empire as 54,000,000 , of whom 26,000,000 lived in the predominantly Latin west , 28,000,000 in the predominantly Greek east.23 In the city of Rome as many as 90 ...
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