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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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
... Roman citizenship to all inhabitants of the 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 ...
... Roman citizenship to all inhabitants of the 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 ...
Pagina 371
... empire . Attila with his Huns invaded Italy , in 452. But , weakened as he was by earlier bloody battles in Gaul ... Roman arms . Though repeatedly invaded and pillaged , Rome and Italy had so far miraculously escaped a permanent occupation ...
... empire . Attila with his Huns invaded Italy , in 452. But , weakened as he was by earlier bloody battles in Gaul ... Roman arms . Though repeatedly invaded and pillaged , Rome and Italy had so far miraculously escaped a permanent occupation ...
Pagina 392
... imperial authority tending , after years of confusion , intrigue , and bloodshed , to settle in Germany , thus preparing the eventual emergence of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation . This came officially into being under Otto I ...
... imperial authority tending , after years of confusion , intrigue , and bloodshed , to settle in Germany , thus preparing the eventual emergence of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation . This came officially into being under Otto I ...
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