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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 19
... treaty between Rome and Carthage makes it clear that Italia now includes the entire peninsula ; only after the Second Punic War , which ended in 201 B.C. , and after the permanent subjugation of the Kelts of Gallia Cisalpina Cf. Wikén ...
... treaty between Rome and Carthage makes it clear that Italia now includes the entire peninsula ; only after the Second Punic War , which ended in 201 B.C. , and after the permanent subjugation of the Kelts of Gallia Cisalpina Cf. Wikén ...
Pagina 61
... treaties of the Muses could not resuscitate . So the fourteenth cen- tury later earned for itself the name of Secolo senza poesia , the Century without poetry . The anti - volgare faction found its first vociferous spokesman in Leon ...
... treaties of the Muses could not resuscitate . So the fourteenth cen- tury later earned for itself the name of Secolo senza poesia , the Century without poetry . The anti - volgare faction found its first vociferous spokesman in Leon ...
Pagina 283
... treaty with the latter , Roman territory extended to the Bay of Naples . 326-304 Samnite wars , first phase . Samnites are beaten but retain territory . Roman alliances with Apulia , southern Campania , Lucanians , Marsi , Marrucini ...
... treaty with the latter , Roman territory extended to the Bay of Naples . 326-304 Samnite wars , first phase . Samnites are beaten but retain territory . Roman alliances with Apulia , southern Campania , Lucanians , Marsi , Marrucini ...
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