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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... population of Italy has undergone extraor- dinary variations in the course of history . Any estimates concerning population in prehistoric times are , to say the least , daring . And for the Roman Age also , though we are in a better ...
... population of Italy has undergone extraor- dinary variations in the course of history . Any estimates concerning population in prehistoric times are , to say the least , daring . And for the Roman Age also , though we are in a better ...
Pagina 31
... population lay prostrate . The vigorous German invaders from the north Ostrogoths , Visigoths , Langobards — did mix to some extent with the natives , though not as intensively as one might expect , and re- juvenated Italian ...
... population lay prostrate . The vigorous German invaders from the north Ostrogoths , Visigoths , Langobards — did mix to some extent with the natives , though not as intensively as one might expect , and re- juvenated Italian ...
Pagina 309
... population of Italy is estimated as 6,000,000 , that of the Empire as 54,000,000 , of whom 26,000,000 lived in the predominantly Latin west , 28,000,000 in the predominantly Greek east.23 In the city of Rome as many as 90 per cent are ...
... population of Italy is estimated as 6,000,000 , that of the Empire as 54,000,000 , of whom 26,000,000 lived in the predominantly Latin west , 28,000,000 in the predominantly Greek east.23 In the city of Rome as many as 90 per cent are ...
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