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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... once in religion , and once in art . Under the Roman emperors well nigh the entire known world was governed by Romans and guided by Roman laws , and to this day a fair number of nations base their corpus iuris on the ex- perience and ...
... once in religion , and once in art . Under the Roman emperors well nigh the entire known world was governed by Romans and guided by Roman laws , and to this day a fair number of nations base their corpus iuris on the ex- perience and ...
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... once heavily wooded but now deforested country , unlovely except for the shoreline , the beautiful Riviera , the playground and the flower garden of Europe . Besides tourism Liguria has one other major economic asset : its great ports ...
... once heavily wooded but now deforested country , unlovely except for the shoreline , the beautiful Riviera , the playground and the flower garden of Europe . Besides tourism Liguria has one other major economic asset : its great ports ...
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... Once the support derived from a northern Etruscan invasion is with- drawn , once the argument from the alphabet is put in its in its proper place ( what other than the Etruscan alphabet was there for writers of Raetic to choose ? ) , and ...
... Once the support derived from a northern Etruscan invasion is with- drawn , once the argument from the alphabet is put in its in its proper place ( what other than the Etruscan alphabet was there for writers of Raetic to choose ? ) , and ...
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