10 sentences with 'loyalty'
Example sentences and phrases with the word loyalty and other words derived from it.
• « Treason, one of the most serious crimes under the law, is the violation of a person's loyalty to the state that protects him. »
• « Philip II was also a tactical innovator. He found a way to secure the loyalty of his nobles by organising them into elite cavalry units that pledged allegiance to him, and he proudly led his troops personally into battle. »
• « Alexander the Great was a charismatic and inspirational leader who won the loyalty not only of his fellow Macedonians, but also of the Greeks and, most notably, the people of the Persian Empire he conquered. »
• « The implications of Romanitas for political and military loyalty and morality are obvious. A less obvious expression of Romanitas, however, was in public buildings and celebrations. »
• « Julius Caesar's victories made him famous and immensely powerful, and secured the loyalty of his battle-hardened troops. »
• « All the soldiers swore personal oaths of loyalty to him, and having conquered Egypt from his former ally Mark Antony, Augustus was revered there as the last pharaoh. »
• « The emperor's greatest concern must have been to maintain the loyalty of the armies above all else, for they could and would openly fight to put their man on the throne in a moment of crisis, which happened numerous times in the centuries to come. »
• « In the eastern Roman Empire, the strength of the capital, the success of the armies and the loyalty of the elites to Rome as an idea encouraged the continued strength of Roman identity. Although poor farmers still had little to thank the Roman state for in their daily lives, their farms were intact and local leaders remained Roman, not Gothic or Frankish or Vandal. »
• « The four thémas (or themata, administrative divisions of the Byzantine Empire) were divided over the centuries, with the villages watched over by the commander and the people fighting directly alongside their neighbours and families. Ultimately, it was this system, which encouraged morale and loyalty, that preserved the empire for many centuries. »