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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 188
... attack on Greek Cumae and when an Etruscan chieftain , or ' king , ' was driven from Rome.32 But it was not until the middle of the third century B.C. that all Etruscan independence ceased under the relentless blows of the Roman legions ...
... attack on Greek Cumae and when an Etruscan chieftain , or ' king , ' was driven from Rome.32 But it was not until the middle of the third century B.C. that all Etruscan independence ceased under the relentless blows of the Roman legions ...
Pagina 251
... attack , whereas upon their adjunct spurs of the highlands , the Quirinal and the Esquiline , respectively , arose the cities proper.11 This arrange- ment of acropolis , or arx , on an elevation of smaller surface or at the tip of a ...
... attack , whereas upon their adjunct spurs of the highlands , the Quirinal and the Esquiline , respectively , arose the cities proper.11 This arrange- ment of acropolis , or arx , on an elevation of smaller surface or at the tip of a ...
Pagina 369
... attack the Empire as organized tribes rather than as desultory hordes , it seems that their actual fighting strength was surprisingly small luckily for the Romans who had no great numbers of soldiers to put in the field against them ...
... attack the Empire as organized tribes rather than as desultory hordes , it seems that their actual fighting strength was surprisingly small luckily for the Romans who had no great numbers of soldiers to put in the field against them ...
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