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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... military service . Thus certain powerful men became extremely rich and the race of slaves multiplied throughout the country , while the Italian people dwindled in numbers and strength , being oppressed by penury , taxes , and military ...
... military service . Thus certain powerful men became extremely rich and the race of slaves multiplied throughout the country , while the Italian people dwindled in numbers and strength , being oppressed by penury , taxes , and military ...
Pagina 300
... military age who were subject to military service - either through actual decline in the numbers of the living , or through their impoverish- ment below the quota requisite for the draft . During Sulla's brutal regime , 2,600 members of ...
... military age who were subject to military service - either through actual decline in the numbers of the living , or through their impoverish- ment below the quota requisite for the draft . During Sulla's brutal regime , 2,600 members of ...
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... military dis- cipline and training , for the army was not able any more than the state as a whole , to assimilate foreigners and to make them integral and reliable functioning parts of the machinery . Other Germans , captives from among ...
... military dis- cipline and training , for the army was not able any more than the state as a whole , to assimilate foreigners and to make them integral and reliable functioning parts of the machinery . Other Germans , captives from among ...
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