6 sentences with 'formerly'
Example sentences and phrases with the word formerly and other words derived from it.
• « The formerly independent Phoenician city-states within the Assyrian zone of control surrendered, paid tribute and deferred to Assyrian officials rather than face their wrath in battle. »
• « An increasing number of formerly free Athenian citizens thus found themselves enslaved to pay their debts to an aristocrat. »
• « Some Spartans had become wealthy and bought their sons from the formerly compulsory life in the barracks, while others were too poor to train. »
• « Under the leadership of a general and politician, Pompey ("the Great"), both Mithridates and the remaining formerly Seleucid independent territories were defeated and incorporated as provinces or puppet states under the control of the Republic. This brought almost the entire Mediterranean region under Roman rule, with only Egypt remaining independent. »
• « In the 14th and first half of the 15th centuries, the city-states of northern Italy were aggressive rivals; most of the formerly independent cities were swallowed up by the most powerful of them. »
• « The notable result was that the formerly Spanish territory of Florida was given to the British in exchange for the Cuban port of Havana. »