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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... century B.C. by those Roman legions which had to cross it on their way north . In the middle of the second century B.C. extensive oak forests were still standing in the Po country , where acorn - fed hogs constituted a rich source of ...
... century B.C. by those Roman legions which had to cross it on their way north . In the middle of the second century B.C. extensive oak forests were still standing in the Po country , where acorn - fed hogs constituted a rich source of ...
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... B.C. for the Osco - Umbrians , and as high as the end of the second millennium for the first , and the tenth century B.C. for the second . Because of my own opinion I find least disagreeable the single invasion theory , which has ...
... B.C. for the Osco - Umbrians , and as high as the end of the second millennium for the first , and the tenth century B.C. for the second . Because of my own opinion I find least disagreeable the single invasion theory , which has ...
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... century of the Empire the monarchy became ever more autocratic and en ... B.C. are apt to give the appearance of progress toward a more democratic ... century on , not only patricians of the ancient nobility but also plebeians of ...
... century of the Empire the monarchy became ever more autocratic and en ... B.C. are apt to give the appearance of progress toward a more democratic ... century on , not only patricians of the ancient nobility but also plebeians of ...
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