7 sentences with 'conscription'
Example sentences and phrases with the word conscription and other words derived from it.
• « Over time, they sent out annual military expeditions and organised conscription, sending out large standing armies of native Assyrian soldiers who went out each year to conquer more territory. »
• « A themata (themata) was a territory, originally one-quarter of the empire, organised around military conscription. A single general appointed directly by the emperor controlled each thémas. In turn, only soldiers from that thémas served in it; this provoked local pride in the military prowess of the subject, which helped morale. »
• « In essence, the system of thémas (or themata, administrative divisions of the Byzantine Empire) was a return to the old form of military conscription that had been so successful during the days of the Roman Republic: free citizens providing their own arms, thus relieving some of the financial burden on the state. At their peak, the thémas supported an army of 300,000 men (comparable to the Roman army under Augustus), with the financial burden evenly distributed throughout the empire. »
• « Most importantly, Friedrich Wilhelm I created formal conscription systems (i.e. "conscription"), meaning that more men in Prussia, per capita, served in the army than anywhere else in Europe. »
• « Peter the Great's military reforms were far-reaching - he instituted conscription in 1705 that required every twentieth serf to serve for life in his armies, and oversaw the building of the Russian navy from scratch. »
• « Mass conscription allowed the French to develop permanent divisions and corps, each combining infantry, cavalry, artillery and support services. »
• « In 1969, the US resorted to a lottery system linked to conscription, which led to tens of thousands of US soldiers being sent against their will to fight in jungles thousands of miles from home. Despite the vast military commitment, US and South Korean forces began to lose ground in 1970. »