7 sentences with 'seized'
Example sentences and phrases with the word seized and other words derived from it.
• « However, around 1650 BC, a group of Canaanites founded what became known as the 'Hyksos' dynasty, an Egyptian term meaning simply 'leaders of foreigners', after they overthrew the king and seized power in Lower Egypt. »
• « Philip II attacked neighbouring Greek settlements and seized gold mines in northern Greece, which he paid his soldiers and paid to equip them as well. »
• « The Romans, however, betrayed them and seized the islands of Corsica and Sardinia as well, territories that were still under Carthage's nominal control. »
• « In the end, a general named Vespasian (r. 69 - 79 CE) seized power and founded a rather short-lived dynasty consisting of himself and his two sons, known to history as the Flavians. »
• « However, when the "barbarians" seized the territory, Roman writers were rarely justified in mentioning it, as it was assumed that the territory could and should be reclaimed when it was convenient for Rome. »
• « One group, the Vandals, made their way into the Roman provinces of Spain and seized a large swathe of territory there. »
• « Justinian was determined to recapture the western empire from the Germanic kings who had seized it. He was equally interested in imposing Christian uniformity through the elimination of Christian heresies such as Arianism. »