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Dated 23 September 1877 in Marineo
Father: Gaetano Sanicola, 29, laborer residing in Marineo
Mother: Pietranilla Trentacosti, his wife, maker/manufacturer, residing with him
Child born on 21 September at 11:15 AM at their home in Via San Michele #4
The dialects of modern Italian all have their roots in the spoken form of Latin (Vulgar Latin), in use throughout the Roman Empire. Vulgar Latin had, no doubt, its own local peculiarities before the fall of the Empire. The political instability that followed Roman rule kept Italy from re-uniting as ...