9 sentences with 'glory'
Example sentences and phrases with the word glory and other words derived from it.
• « There was no greater glory for young sportsmen than to triumph in one of the Olympic Games' contests: the greatest poets sang the praises of this feat. »
• « Noble chariots and archers could win glory for their skill, though these battles were probably not very lethal (compared to later forms of warfare, in any case). »
• « Egypt recovered and new dynasties of pharaohs were sometimes able to recapture some of the glory of the ancient Egyptian kingdoms in their building projects and in the power of their armies, but in the long term Egypt proved vulnerable to foreign invasion thereafter. »
• « Roman soldiers were inspired by sincere greed, as well as by the enormous cultural importance attached to the attainment of military glory. »
• « Similarly, all Roman aristocrats acquired their political power through military glory until the end of the republic, and even then military glory was all that was required for a man to achieve any kind of political importance. »
• « Each member of the Triumvirate wanted something specific: Caesar was hungry for glory and wealth and hoped to be appointed to lead the Roman armies against the Celts in Western Europe, Crassus wanted to lead the armies against Parthia (i.e. the "new" Persian empire that had long since overthrown Seleucid rule in Persia itself), and Pompey wanted the Senate to authorise land and wealth for his troops. »
• « The fact that he personally led the legions in major military campaigns ended his reign in the military glory expected of an emperor following Flavian rule, but he was remembered at least as well for his skill as a leader in peacetime. »
• « The next two emperors, Hadrian and Antoninus Pius, did not achieve comparable military glory, but they defended the frontiers (Hadrian gave up Trajan's conquests in Mesopotamia to do so, recognising that they were unsustainable), oversaw major building projects and maintained Roman stability. »
• « Approximately 1,000 years separated the fall of Rome and the beginning of the Renaissance, the "renaissance" period in which certain Europeans believed they were regaining the lost glory of the classical world. »