Sentence examples for like a rome from inspiring English sources

And it may be that the only thing more frightening than the possibility of annihilation is the possibility that our society could coast on forever as it is — like a Rome without an Attila to sack its palaces, or a Nineveh without Yahweh to pass judgment on its crimes.

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said Donald Trump's election victory made him "sick to my stomach" and suggested America was heading for a Rome-like downfall.

Cagliari spreads across several hills like a micro-Rome, and the best way to get your bearings is walk up to the top of one of them.

Set like a mini-Rome among its seven green hills, the old city of Santiago de Compostela is a story you have to unfold for yourself by wandering about and keeping your eyes open.

China, for its part, would like to see Rome drop its formal relations with Taiwan.

LIKE Rome before its sacking, Washington is not entirely sure what to expect when the newly elected Republican-controlled House of Representatives settles down to work in the nation's capital on January 5th.

"Paris 3D" follows similar initiatives like "Rome Reborn," a 3-D model of ancient Rome developed by a professor of art history and classics at the University of Virginia, and "Giza 3D," a virtual version of the pyramids at Giza created by Dassault Systèmes with Harvard University and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

It's like saying: "Rome was built in a day " or "A stitch in time doesn't save nine".

In Tahir's debut, a scholar and a soldier cross paths in a brutal, Rome-like empire.

"In a city so difficult like Rome the opera house is an island of artistic discipline and good will.

We printed out all these posters and signs that said something like "Rome is a boring and dry; Romans want water," and put them around the ruins.