7 sentences with 'enacted'
Example sentences and phrases with the word enacted and other words derived from it.
• « There is even evidence that the Hittites enacted the world's first embargo on shipping and goods against the Mycenaeans in retaliation for the latter's meddling in Hittite affairs. »
• « He enacted other legal reforms that reduced the overall power of the aristocracy, and in a clever move, he had the laws written on wooden panels and posted throughout the city so that anyone who could read could examine them (until then, the only people who really knew the laws were the aristocratic judges, which made it easy for them to abuse their power). »
• « He also enacted a new law decreeing that only the children of Athenian parents could be Athenian citizens, a measure that elevated the importance of Athenian women, but also further entrenched the Athenian conceit in relation to other Greek cities; Athenians wanted citizenship to be their own carefully protected commodity. »
• « An important political breakthrough came around 350 BC, when the Romans enacted a law limiting the amount of land that could be given to a single citizen after a victory, ensuring a more equitable distribution of land to plebeian soldiers. »
• « This time, the Romans enacted harsh penalties for disloyalty among the Greek cities, completely destroying the wealthy city of Corinth and slaughtering or enslaving tens of thousands of Greeks for siding with Rome. »
• « One of the effects of this new approach was the numerous outbreaks of anti-Semitic violence in Europe; many Crusaders attacked Jewish communities in Europe as the Crusaders made their way to the Holy Land, and many kings and lords enacted anti-Semitic laws inspired by the new fervent and intolerant brand of Christian identity that emerged from the Crusades. »
• « The pursuit of profit was nothing new, but the political power enjoyed by merchants, the political focus on overseas expansion for profit, and the laws enacted to encourage these processes were new. »