9 sentences with 'enemies'
Example sentences and phrases with the word enemies and other words derived from it.
• « The Assyrians tortured and mutilated defeated enemies, even skinning them alive, when faced with any threat of resistance or rebellion. »
• « The Neo-Babylonians adopted some of the terror tactics of the Assyrians; they also deported conquered enemies as servants and slaves. »
• « The two main areas that a man had to master were, therefore, war and rhetoric: the ability to defeat enemies in battle and the ability to persuade potential allies in the political arena. »
• « Both sides had sought allies outside Greece, and the Spartans eventually allied themselves with the Persians - once their hated enemies - in the latter stages of the war. »
• « Alexander the Great first ruthlessly killed his rivals and enemies in Macedonia and Greece, executing nobles he suspected of treachery, and then led an army through Macedonia, crushing the northern Thracian tribes that threatened to defect. »
• « Roman soldiers were citizen-soldiers, farmers who volunteered to fight for Rome in the hope of being rewarded with wealth gained from defeated enemies. »
• « Rome and Carthage had long been trading partners, and for centuries there was no real reason for them to be enemies since they were separated by the Mediterranean. »
• « Gaius Marius was popular among Roman commoners because he won constant victories against enemies in both Africa and Germany, and because he distributed land and farms to his poor soldiers. »
• « However, this concept did not quell the controversy at all, because it created a distinct position with which people could disagree - rival groups of Christians came to refer to their enemies as "heretics", from the word "heresy", which simply means "choice". »