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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... early Roman republic , the picture was totally different , though worsening with the progress of time and the waxing power of im- perialistic Rome . The older history of Rome is full of references to the wealth of forests of Italy ...
... early Roman republic , the picture was totally different , though worsening with the progress of time and the waxing power of im- perialistic Rome . The older history of Rome is full of references to the wealth of forests of Italy ...
Pagina 253
... early as 241 B.C. and dealt severely with it by removing it from its nearly impregnable position ( where stands high on a towering cliff , the modern Civita Castellana ) to a site in the plain , a few miles away , of which the somnolent ...
... early as 241 B.C. and dealt severely with it by removing it from its nearly impregnable position ( where stands high on a towering cliff , the modern Civita Castellana ) to a site in the plain , a few miles away , of which the somnolent ...
Pagina 347
... early days of harsh simplicity . The education of the young started at home and was in the hands of the father , the pater familias , the father of the family , ' or better , the master of the household . ' The antiquity of this phrase ...
... early days of harsh simplicity . The education of the young started at home and was in the hands of the father , the pater familias , the father of the family , ' or better , the master of the household . ' The antiquity of this phrase ...
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