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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 135
... perhaps from the Balkan penin- sula by crossing the Adriatic Sea . There is overwhelming evidence that the Aegean and Mediterranean route was , at least until the arrival of Iron Age invaders on the southern shores of the Balkan ...
... perhaps from the Balkan penin- sula by crossing the Adriatic Sea . There is overwhelming evidence that the Aegean and Mediterranean route was , at least until the arrival of Iron Age invaders on the southern shores of the Balkan ...
Pagina 225
... perhaps East Italic , Messapic . Accordingly , Pallottino argues for three waves of migration , moving from east to west , that is , across the Adriatic and Italy ; the first ( Latin ) penetrated farthest west , the second ( Oscan ...
... perhaps East Italic , Messapic . Accordingly , Pallottino argues for three waves of migration , moving from east to west , that is , across the Adriatic and Italy ; the first ( Latin ) penetrated farthest west , the second ( Oscan ...
Pagina 254
... perhaps tracts of Latium , had been conquered by the Etruscans and were under their domination . But if by conquest and domination one were to understand an invasion by Etruscans and a subsequent , at least temporary Etruscanization ...
... perhaps tracts of Latium , had been conquered by the Etruscans and were under their domination . But if by conquest and domination one were to understand an invasion by Etruscans and a subsequent , at least temporary Etruscanization ...
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