6 sentences with 'prominence'
Example sentences and phrases with the word prominence and other words derived from it.
• « Two powerful politicians, Pompey and Crassus (both of whom had come to prominence as supporters of Lucius Cornelius Sulla), joined forces to crush Spartacus' slave revolt in 70 BC and were elected consuls because of their success. »
• « It is easy to exaggerate this attitude; there were many members of the Germanic tribes who rose to prominence in Rome (one of them, Stilicho, was one of the greatest Roman generals of the late Empire, and was half-Vandal by birth). »
• « And, although European culture had become more pessimistic and xenophobic as a whole, one region was gaining wealth and prominence precisely because of its long-distance commercial and cultural connections: Northern Italy. It was there that the Renaissance began. »
• « The Renaissance lasted from around 1300 - 1500. It ended in the early 16th century in the sense that its centre in northern Italy declined in economic importance and the pace of change and progress in the arts and learning slowed, but in a very real sense the Renaissance never really ended - its innovations and advances had already spread across much of Europe, and although Italy itself lost its prominence, patterns that began in Italy continued elsewhere. »
• « Both men and women of very humble origins sometimes rose to prominence, and made a healthy living, at Versailles by serving as go-betweens for elites seeking royal positions in the bureaucracy. »
• « The rise of that class to prominence in certain societies, especially those of the Netherlands and England, accompanied the birth of the most clearly modern form of economy: capitalism. »