The Tongues of Italy: Prehistory and HistoryThrough the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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Their greatest power they attained about the middle of the sixth century , and their decline began shortly thereafter , toward the end of the same century , when they failed in an attack on Greek Cumae and when an Etruscan chieftain ...
Their greatest power they attained about the middle of the sixth century , and their decline began shortly thereafter , toward the end of the same century , when they failed in an attack on Greek Cumae and when an Etruscan chieftain ...
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The Capitoline and the Palatine , being solitary hills , accordingly represented the acropolises of the two settlements where people would take refuge in times of attack , whereas upon their adjunct spurs of the highlands , the Quirinal ...
The Capitoline and the Palatine , being solitary hills , accordingly represented the acropolises of the two settlements where people would take refuge in times of attack , whereas upon their adjunct spurs of the highlands , the Quirinal ...
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Even in the fourth century , when the Germans began to 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 ...
Even in the fourth century , when the Germans began to 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 ...
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| Titolo | The Tongues of Italy: Prehistory and History |
| Autore | Ernst Pulgram |
| Edizione | illustrata, ristampa, riveduta |
| Editore | Harvard University Press, 1958 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | la University of California |
| Digitalizzato | 4 mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0837124387, 9780837124384 |
| Lunghezza | 465 pagine |
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