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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 269
... colonies became in reality purely Roman enterprises and sprang up not just for the protection of the Latin tribes but as outer bulwarks , in more distant parts of Italy , to strengthen and expand the spheres of influence which Rome ...
... colonies became in reality purely Roman enterprises and sprang up not just for the protection of the Latin tribes but as outer bulwarks , in more distant parts of Italy , to strengthen and expand the spheres of influence which Rome ...
Pagina 270
... colonies changed in consequence of the dissolution of the Latin League . The twenty - six Roman colonies deduced between 338 and 157 B.C. were mainly coloniae maritimae , designed to protect the coasts . From 157 till 122 , col ...
... colonies changed in consequence of the dissolution of the Latin League . The twenty - six Roman colonies deduced between 338 and 157 B.C. were mainly coloniae maritimae , designed to protect the coasts . From 157 till 122 , col ...
Pagina 276
... colonies is so bland and perfunctory that the import of all this upon linguistic conditions must remain pure surmise . Comparing Latin and Roman colonies , we can at least say that the Latin colonies were more populous and therefore may ...
... colonies is so bland and perfunctory that the import of all this upon linguistic conditions must remain pure surmise . Comparing Latin and Roman colonies , we can at least say that the Latin colonies were more populous and therefore may ...
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