10 sentences with 'allies'
Example sentences and phrases with the word allies and other words derived from it.
• « The Medes were allies of Babylon, and in 612 BCE participated in the massive rebellion that resulted in the fall of the Assyrian Empire. »
• « Like Athens, Sparta dominated its allies, although it did not take advantage of them in the same way as Athens. Sparta resented and, in some ways, feared Athenian power. »
• « The Spartans and their allies repeatedly invaded Athenian territory, but the Athenians were smart enough to build strong fortifications that kept the Spartans at bay. »
• « This certainly seemed to be true at times, as when the Theban army, led by the Sacred Band, was the city that first defeated Sparta in open battle (this occurred after the Peloponnesian War, when Sparta found itself at war with its former allies as Thebes). »
• « For about ten years, the Macedonians bribed potential Greek allies, threatened those who opposed them, and launched attacks in northern Greece while the larger southern polis prepared for war. »
• « A key moment in the early period of Roman expansion came in 338 BCE when Rome defeated its former allies in the Latin League. »
• « In 218 BC, the great Carthaginian general Hannibal (son of the most successful general who had fought the Romans in the First Punic War) launched a surprise attack in Spain against the Roman allies and then against the Roman forces themselves. This led to the Second Punic War (218 BCE - 202 BCE). »
• « In 172 BC Rome sent an army and Macedonia was defeated in 168 BC. Rome divided Macedonia into puppet republics, plundered Macedonian allies and lorded it over the remaining Greek polis. »
• « Islamic states were the active trading partners and sometimes allies of their neighbours, from India and Central Asia to Africa and Europe. »
• « War finally broke out in 1642, pitting the anti-royal 'roundheads' (so called because of their bowl cuts) and their Scottish allies against the Royalist 'knights'. »