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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 299
... death , in 122 , by a faithful servant when capture and death at the hands of the vengeful senate appeared imminent . With the violent deaths of these two men began nearly a century of internecine bloodshed and strife in which the ...
... death , in 122 , by a faithful servant when capture and death at the hands of the vengeful senate appeared imminent . With the violent deaths of these two men began nearly a century of internecine bloodshed and strife in which the ...
Pagina 346
... death of Alexander the Great and the division of his empire , the Greek world had entered upon its period of decline politically and culturally , though perhaps not materially , at least in Italy , where Syracuse was a last splendid ...
... death of Alexander the Great and the division of his empire , the Greek world had entered upon its period of decline politically and culturally , though perhaps not materially , at least in Italy , where Syracuse was a last splendid ...
Pagina 378
... death , remains in force until the middle of the seventh century , broken during this time only for dynastic reasons . The Senate , in Rome , ostensibly legis- lates for all of Italy , but in fact by now its actions are binding neither ...
... death , remains in force until the middle of the seventh century , broken during this time only for dynastic reasons . The Senate , in Rome , ostensibly legis- lates for all of Italy , but in fact by now its actions are binding neither ...
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