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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 254
... kings , the Tarquinii were certainly Etruscans , Servius Tullius was probably also . Now , since there are several Etruscan kings in Rome from the sixth century on , one should suppose that the site of Rome , and with it perhaps tracts ...
... kings , the Tarquinii were certainly Etruscans , Servius Tullius was probably also . Now , since there are several Etruscan kings in Rome from the sixth century on , one should suppose that the site of Rome , and with it perhaps tracts ...
Pagina 378
... king of the Ostrogoths , Theodoric , educated at Constan- tinople , is satisfied to be the vassal of the eastern ... kings . " But the army remains Gothic , and Romans are excluded from it ( al- though some of Theodoric's generals are ...
... king of the Ostrogoths , Theodoric , educated at Constan- tinople , is satisfied to be the vassal of the eastern ... kings . " But the army remains Gothic , and Romans are excluded from it ( al- though some of Theodoric's generals are ...
Pagina 381
... King Rothari , the great legislator ( 636-652 ) , almost all cities of the kingdom had two bishops , one Arian and one Catholic . Nonethe- less it was the pope who personally persuaded the Frankish king Pipin to break the Langobards ...
... King Rothari , the great legislator ( 636-652 ) , almost all cities of the kingdom had two bishops , one Arian and one Catholic . Nonethe- less it was the pope who personally persuaded the Frankish king Pipin to break the Langobards ...
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