6 sentences with “opposition”

The Roman territory of Palestine was a thorn in Rome's side thanks to the unwavering opposition of the Jews.

These efforts met with strong opposition from the locals, who argued that they had the right to do with their land as they pleased.

The products of the Jesuit schools were thus young men who had received both an excellent education and a thorough indoctrination in Catholic belief and opposition to Protestantism.

He helped organize the opposition in Norway and frequently traveled all over Europe to interview Greeks in exile; from King Constantine, to Andreas Papandreou and the pro-Moscow Greek Communists.

Despite their vociferous opposition, the rich did not suffer much, as the lands in question were "public lands" that had largely remained after the Second Punic War, and ordinary farmers enjoyed benefits.

It also terrified Europeans, who heard travellers' tales of non-Christian "Tartars" in the east who had crushed all opposition, and in Russia it created a complex political situation in which the native Slavic peoples were forced to pay tribute to the Mongol overlords.