In Cicero's Dream of Scipio, the elder Scipio Africanus describes an ascent through the celestial spheres, compared to which the Earth and the Roman Empire dwindle into insignificance.
The answer, perhaps, lies again in Portugal's urge for broader horizons and renewal after the travails of seeing an empire dwindle.
Now the Camanelli dance empire has dwindled to a a single Astaire franchise, the only one remaining on Long Island, with a 2,500-square-foot 2,500-square-foot 2,500-square-footve the CompUSA near Roosevelt Fieldance
By the later Roman Empire, Mantineia had dwindled to a mere village, and from the 6th century ad until it disappeared under Ottoman rule it bore the Slavic name Goritza.
With the collapse of the Roman Empire, European trade dwindled but it continued to flourish elsewhere.
Indeed, while mighty commercial empires and brands have dwindled or collapsed, there are few brands, after all these years, as resilient as Woodstock's.
His lenders are growing anxious, and there are concerns that he might have to reorganize — and possibly lose control of — his dwindling empire.
During most of this period, Najīb al-Dawlah was in charge of the dwindling empire, which was now effectively a regional kingdom of Delhi.
[C2.] Another Soros Executive to Quit The last of three top money managers announced his departure from the dwindling empire of George Soros.
Ford bundled up Jaguar and Land Rover and sent them packing to a new parent, Tata Motors of India, leading Tories everywhere to raise a bitter glass to their dwindling Empire.
