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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 258
... assemblies of all citizens , but whose membership and manner of balloting were so rigged that the propertied classes could not lose a vote . Moreover , the decisions of either type of assembly remained , until 339 B.C. ( Lex Publilia ) ...
... assemblies of all citizens , but whose membership and manner of balloting were so rigged that the propertied classes could not lose a vote . Moreover , the decisions of either type of assembly remained , until 339 B.C. ( Lex Publilia ) ...
Pagina 262
... assembly . In 449 the office of quaestor , best translated as ' treasurer of the state , ' was made elective instead ... assemblies ( Comitia cen- turiata ) , which voted by classes based on property and heavily favored the wealthy ...
... assembly . In 449 the office of quaestor , best translated as ' treasurer of the state , ' was made elective instead ... assemblies ( Comitia cen- turiata ) , which voted by classes based on property and heavily favored the wealthy ...
Pagina 294
... assembly of many kings . When Cincinnatus was called from his plough to become dicta- tor and lead Rome's army in 458 B.C. , he left , we are told , an estate of four iugera ( about two and one - half acres ) on the Vatican Hill , and ...
... assembly of many kings . When Cincinnatus was called from his plough to become dicta- tor and lead Rome's army in 458 B.C. , he left , we are told , an estate of four iugera ( about two and one - half acres ) on the Vatican Hill , and ...
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