7 sentences with 'establishing'
Example sentences and phrases with the word establishing and other words derived from it.
• « The Persians continued the Assyrian practice of building roads and establishing supply posts for their messengers. »
• « Everywhere, the Greeks became a new elite class, establishing Greek laws and Greek buildings and services. »
• « Despite having no initial interest in establishing direct control in Greece, the Romans found that rival Greek polis sought Rome's help in their conflicts, and Roman influence in the region grew. »
• « Julius Caesar's forces even invaded England, establishing a Roman territory there that lasted for centuries. »
• « Perhaps the most important thing Augustus did, besides establishing the principle itself, was to reorganise the Roman legions. He created a professional standing army with regular pay and retirement benefits, permanently ending the dependence on citizen volunteers - soldiers who had fought for Rome under the republic. »
• « Justinian's successors tried to hold on to North Africa, Italy and Spain by establishing territories called "exarchates" ruled by governors known as "exarchs"; exarchates were military provinces in which civil and military control were combined. »
• « The Great Western Schism finally ended after a series of ecclesiastical councils, the Conciliar Movement, succeeded in establishing the authority of a single pope in 1417. »