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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... third century , with its colossal drain on Roman resources in the fight for life against Carthage , showed already ... Third Macedonian War ( 171-168 ) , the Third Punic War ( 149–146 ) , the Achaean War ( 146 ) , the Nu- mantine War ...
... third century , with its colossal drain on Roman resources in the fight for life against Carthage , showed already ... Third Macedonian War ( 171-168 ) , the Third Punic War ( 149–146 ) , the Achaean War ( 146 ) , the Nu- mantine War ...
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... third century was a period of anarchy which ended in a totalitarian government with an economic system centering about the emperor and his army that saved the state for the final dry rot . In a word , the decline of Rome may in the last ...
... third century was a period of anarchy which ended in a totalitarian government with an economic system centering about the emperor and his army that saved the state for the final dry rot . In a word , the decline of Rome may in the last ...
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... third and especially the second centuries B.C. The early austere rusticity and frugality in the life and letters of Rome came to an end under the impact of Greek influence , which occurred to an important degree from the third century ...
... third and especially the second centuries B.C. The early austere rusticity and frugality in the life and letters of Rome came to an end under the impact of Greek influence , which occurred to an important degree from the third century ...
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