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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... question to answer , again for obvious lack of evidence . Patroni , at least , believes that a Mediterranean race does not arrive from Africa ( or the Near East ) with the physical ap- pearance and cultural equipment of which testimony ...
... question to answer , again for obvious lack of evidence . Patroni , at least , believes that a Mediterranean race does not arrive from Africa ( or the Near East ) with the physical ap- pearance and cultural equipment of which testimony ...
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... question of offering in this chapter anything more than a brief discussion in general terms , emphasizing those aspects of the problem which concern the argument of the present book as a whole.1 3 As usually , there are two basic questions ...
... question of offering in this chapter anything more than a brief discussion in general terms , emphasizing those aspects of the problem which concern the argument of the present book as a whole.1 3 As usually , there are two basic questions ...
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... question was not asked , nor anti - Roman answers assayed . One must indeed say that the Romans on the whole treated their subject peoples , once the actual fighting was over and the brutal sale of slaves accomplished , mildly and not ...
... question was not asked , nor anti - Roman answers assayed . One must indeed say that the Romans on the whole treated their subject peoples , once the actual fighting was over and the brutal sale of slaves accomplished , mildly and not ...
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