9 sentences with 'campaigns'

Example sentences and phrases with the word campaigns and other words derived from it.

« This system worked well in long campaigns, but its weakness was that it took up to two years to mobilise the entire empire for war, a serious issue in the long-term conflicts between Persia and Greece. »
« During his campaigns, Alexander the Great founded numerous new cities that were to be colonies for his victorious Greek soldiers, all of them named Alexandria, except for those he named after his horse, Bucephalus, and his dog, Peritas. »
« Much of the "booty" captured in Roman campaigns was made up of human beings, and Roman soldiers were eager to capitalise on the captives they took by selling them on their return to Italy. »
« At the same time, the vast amount of wealth captured in military campaigns was often siphoned off by the elites, who found ways to seize large portions of land and plunder with each campaign. »
« The fact that he personally led the legions in major military campaigns ended his reign in the military glory expected of an emperor following Flavian rule, but he was remembered at least as well for his skill as a leader in peacetime. »
« Storm clouds had already gathered under Aurelius, who was forced to lead military campaigns against the incursions of Germanic tribes in the north despite his own lack of military background (or, indeed, temperament). »
« The emperor was supposed to oversee all major building campaigns, state finances and the worship of the Roman gods, not just military strategy. »
« And, of course, the religious power structure received the approval and support of the royal state in the process, until the only campaigns of religious persecution against non-Zoroastrians in Persian history. »
« The ongoing wars with Persia represented the greatest expense the Emperor Justinian faced, even as he oversaw the campaigns in Italy. »

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