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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 177
... ( according to Hellanicus ) or 1050 B.C. ( according to Thucydides ) . 74 The Siculi , being one of the two main groups of prehistoric populations , come from Africa and settle mainly on the islands ( except Corsica ) . The other group ...
... ( according to Hellanicus ) or 1050 B.C. ( according to Thucydides ) . 74 The Siculi , being one of the two main groups of prehistoric populations , come from Africa and settle mainly on the islands ( except Corsica ) . The other group ...
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... according to the inscrip- tions appears to have been of Venetic speech , 47 as existing from the Iron Age down to its peaceful conquest by the Romans in 184 B.C. It was spared both Etruscan and Keltic domination to which so many other ...
... according to the inscrip- tions appears to have been of Venetic speech , 47 as existing from the Iron Age down to its peaceful conquest by the Romans in 184 B.C. It was spared both Etruscan and Keltic domination to which so many other ...
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... according to the code of tradition accumulated in past generations , according to the mos maiorum , politics tended to be extremely conservative and changes came about , for better or for worse , slowly and tor- tuously . Since the ...
... according to the code of tradition accumulated in past generations , according to the mos maiorum , politics tended to be extremely conservative and changes came about , for better or for worse , slowly and tor- tuously . Since the ...
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