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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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Pagina 308
... Empire ( 212 ) .21 Macrinus ( 217-218 ) , made emperor by the army , is the first monarch not of the senatorial order , and also the first never to set foot in the city of Rome . It cannot be said that fundamentally these acts of ...
... Empire ( 212 ) .21 Macrinus ( 217-218 ) , made emperor by the army , is the first monarch not of the senatorial order , and also the first never to set foot in the city of Rome . It cannot be said that fundamentally these acts of ...
Pagina 309
... empire out of an agglomeration of provinces . It is only natural that under these circumstances the linguistic acculturation of all parts of the Empire found no succor . In A.D. 14 , at the death of Augustus , the population of Italy is ...
... empire out of an agglomeration of provinces . It is only natural that under these circumstances the linguistic acculturation of all parts of the Empire found no succor . In A.D. 14 , at the death of Augustus , the population of Italy is ...
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... empire . Attila with his Huns invaded Italy , in 452. But , weakened as he was by earlier bloody battles in Gaul , by disease and starvation among his troops , and threatened by an army of the Eastern Empire , he could be induced to ...
... empire . Attila with his Huns invaded Italy , in 452. But , weakened as he was by earlier bloody battles in Gaul , by disease and starvation among his troops , and threatened by an army of the Eastern Empire , he could be induced to ...
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