6 sentences with 'allowing'
Example sentences and phrases with the word allowing and other words derived from it.
• « Certain Mesopotamian languages, especially Akkadian, became international languages of diplomacy, allowing travellers and traders to communicate wherever they went. »
• « However, in 508 BC, the Athenian assembly appointed a new tyrant named Cleisthenes of Athens who finally took the radical step of allowing all male citizens to vote in public affairs and to be eligible for public office. This included free but poor citizens, those who were too poor to afford arms and serve as hoplites. »
• « At the time, no other member of the League could do anything about it, since the League existed as an Athenian-controlled empire, pumping money into Athenian coffers and allowing Athens to build some of its most famous and beautiful buildings. »
• « Gaius Gracchus attacked corruption in the provinces, allying himself with the équita class and allowing équites to serve on juries that tried corruption cases. He also tried to speed up the redistribution of land. »
• « The new emperor made a deal with the Goths, allowing them to serve in the Roman army under their own commanders in return for payment. This proved disastrous for Rome in the long run, as the Goths, under their king Alaric, began to plunder Roman territory in the Balkans, eventually marching into Italy itself and sacking Rome in 410 CE. »
• « Feudal lords created new roads and repaired the Roman roads of 1,000 years earlier, allowing bulk trade to travel more cheaply and efficiently. »