7 sentences with 'glorious'

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

« The Greeks saw war as the defence of their glorious traditions, including the political participation of citizens in the state, but it was the Greeks who controlled a society that depended heavily on slavery, whereas slavery was at least less widespread in Persia than in Greece. »
« The great irony, therefore, is that the most glorious era of Athenian democracy and philosophy was financed by the extraction of wealth from its Greek sister cities. »
« However, instead of leading another glorious military campaign, in March 44 BCE Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of senators who resented his power and wanted to save the Republic. The result was not the restoration of the Republic, however, only a new chapter in Caesar's dictatorship. »
« The Roman Empire was as rich, powerful and glorious as any in history up to that time, but it also represented oppression and imperialism for slaves, poor commoners and conquered peoples. »
« Constantinople was simply the largest, richest and most glorious city in Europe and the Mediterranean region at the time. »
« The city of Cordoba in Spain was a glorious metropolis, larger and more prosperous than any in Europe and any but Baghdad in the Arab world itself - it had a population of 100,000, paved streets, street lamps and even indoor plumbing in the houses of the wealthy. »
« Famously, Louis XIV developed what had begun as a hunting lodge (built by his father) in the village of Versailles, some 15 miles southeast of Paris, into the most glorious palace in Europe, built in the Baroque style and lavishly decorated with ostentatious finery. »

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