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SUMMARY:Greek in Italy: Is Language Always Important to Identity? - Kather
 ine McDonald (Faculty of Classics\, Cambridge)
DTSTART:20141007T200000Z
DTEND:20141007T203000Z
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CONTACT:Paulina Rowicka
DESCRIPTION:In both the modern and the ancient world\, we often expect eac
 h political or ethnic group to have its own language. The ancient Greeks c
 onsidered their language to be the glue which tied them together. The Roma
 ns never seemed quite sure how highly they valued Latin\, but speaking any
 thing else could be a sure sign of disloyalty. But ancient Italy did not j
 ust contain Greeks and Romans - there were many other groups and ethniciti
 es whose literature does not survive. Was language as important to their s
 elf-image as it was to the Greeks and Romans? In this talk\, Katherine McD
 onald will speak about the work of the AHRC-funded "Greek in Italy" projec
 t\, and ask how important language was to the identity of the ancient peop
 les of Italy.\n\n
LOCATION:Bateman Auditoriuim\, Gonville and Caius College
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