6 sentences with 'defended'
Example sentences and phrases with the word defended and other words derived from it.
• « Because they defended the polis and proved to be extremely effective on the battlefield, hoplites continued to demand better political representation, something that would have a great impact on Greek politics as a whole. »
• « 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. »
• « While the Roman Empire in the east remained intact, with taxes going to pay for a robust army that successfully defended Roman sovereignty, Roman armies in the west were underfunded and undermanned and vulnerable. »
• « As European powers expanded, they built modern-style fortresses and defended them with cannons, muskets and warships that often outmatched the military forces and technology they encountered. »
• « Rousseau also defended the idea that political sovereignty arose from the "general will" of the people in a society, and that the citizens of a just society should be fanatically devoted both to that general will and to their own moral standards. »
• « Whereas Ethiopia had defended its own territory and sovereignty, Japan was now playing by the same rules and beating the European powers at their own game: seizing foreign territory by force of arms. »