8 sentences with 'declined'
Example sentences and phrases with the word declined and other words derived from it.
• « The results were devastating: some scholarly estimates indicate that the population of Greece declined by as much as 90% in the centuries following the Bronze Age collapse. »
• « Athens was the richest and most influential of all the Greek polis during this period, although its power declined once it became embroiled in the Peloponnesian War against Sparta from 431 BCE. »
• « Rome had established control over its vast territory through the strength of the citizen-soldiers of the Republic. However, as described in the last chapter, the republican military system declined after the Punic Wars as the number of free and economically independent Roman citizens able to serve in the army dwindled. »
• « Slavery declined around 200 CE because supplies began to run low and prices rose; without the steady expansion of the empire, there were far fewer slaves available. »
• « As the quality of Roman leadership declined and the threats worsened, the results were predictable: Rome lost battles and territory. »
• « First, Constantinople itself played an important role in the power and wealth of the east. While Rome had steadily declined over the years, especially after its sack in 410 and the transfer of the western imperial government to the Italian city of Ravenna (which was more easily defensible), Constantinople had around 500,000 residents. »