Sentence examples for empire collapses from inspiring English sources

As the old empire collapses, regional bosses have taken over parts of the country.

THE LAST LEGION Doug Lefler directed this action film, about the young Roman emperor Romulus Augustus Thomas Sangsterr), who flees to Britain as the Empire collapses.

Sundance's initial summary of the film, which has since been revised, said the story unfolds as the Siegels' "time-share empire collapses and their house is foreclosed" and deemed it "a rags-to-riches-to-rags story".

Four films gaze intensely at corporate greed, including "Arbitrage," a thriller directed by Nicholas Jarecki (brother of Eugene) that stars Richard Gere as a billionaire hedge fund manager whose empire collapses because of fraud.

The remaining two novels follow Cowperwood in Chicago and to London through a series of shady deals, love affairs, and intrigues until, after his death, his empire collapses and his life is seen to have been meaningless.

In announcing its 2012 festival lineup, Sundance described "The Queen of Versailles," which will play opening night on Jan . 19 as a look at the Siegel family as "their time-share empire collapses and their house is foreclosed," going to say, "Their rags-to-riches-to-rags story reveals the innate virtues and flaws of the American dream".

But his empire collapsed in bankruptcy.

That happened because the Soviet Empire collapsed.

That empire collapsed after the financial crash.

No one knows exactly why the empire collapsed, but one contributing factor may have been malaria.

His empire collapsed in 1990 when he was arrested on theft and false accounting charges.