As a nation state, Italy has emerged only in 1871. Until then the country was politically divided into a large number of independant cities, provinces and islands. The currently available evidences point out to a dominant Etruscan, Greek and Roman cultural influence on today's Italians.
PippoM wrote: 01 May 2020, 10:51
Thank you, Angela. We are fine, but still locked, I can't say "in", but sure "here".
And how are you?
Great, I'm pleased that you're all fine. I'm fine too, and still in lockdown. I'm sure these days will make very interesting reading in the history books.
Contrary to popular belief, not all Italian given names have Christian or classical roots. Many names encountered in older records are almost whimsical, and some cannot be translated into Latin or any other language. In order to avoid possible mistranscription of a given name with which the research...
