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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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Pagina 254
While it is perhaps exaggerated to claim that Rome remained , despite the reign
of the Tarquins , a purely Latin city in language , religion , and customs , 18 it is
also easy to magnify disproportionately the weight and the strength of the
Etruscan ...
While it is perhaps exaggerated to claim that Rome remained , despite the reign
of the Tarquins , a purely Latin city in language , religion , and customs , 18 it is
also easy to magnify disproportionately the weight and the strength of the
Etruscan ...
Pagina 270
In a Roman colony the settlers remained full Roman citizens with the same rights
and duties as the inhabitants of Rome . If one disregards Ostia , which may have
become a ' colony , ' in a looser sense of the word , at the time of the king Ancus ...
In a Roman colony the settlers remained full Roman citizens with the same rights
and duties as the inhabitants of Rome . If one disregards Ostia , which may have
become a ' colony , ' in a looser sense of the word , at the time of the king Ancus ...
Pagina 394
The peninsula was prey to continuous assaults and depredations , while Sicily
remained firmly in Moslem hands . It was only the Normans , under the brothers
Robert Guiscard and Roger I , who finally brought peace to southern Italy ,
allowing ...
The peninsula was prey to continuous assaults and depredations , while Sicily
remained firmly in Moslem hands . It was only the Normans , under the brothers
Robert Guiscard and Roger I , who finally brought peace to southern Italy ,
allowing ...
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