Sentence examples for roman achievements from inspiring English sources
The Venetians were keenly aware of Roman achievements in glassmaking as in the other arts; they reproduced mosaic, millefiori, and aventurine glass, and glass resembling natural layered stones (calcedonio, sometimes miscalled Schmelzglas), and they even copied a Roman form of bowl that had vertical, external ribs.
"America's unrivaled position in today's global technoscientific universe had no analogue in Roman achievements.
An appraisal of the Roman achievement, and its influence, concludes the book.
Instead he turned to novel, curious, and marvelous interpretations, such as could be found in Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, and to Roman structural achievements, such as their brickwork and their use of bevelled corners for vault supports.
The center of Empire was lost, sacked, reconquered, fragmented and pulled apart over the centuries, leaving many of the most stunning Roman architectural achievements in ruins.
Although he says admiring things about the overall Roman imperial achievement, Appian is at times fiercely critical of Roman behavior in his coverage of Romes conquests during the Republican period.
Hitler praised post-Roman era achievements of northern Italians such as Sandro Botticelli, Michelangelo, Dante Alighieri, and Benito Mussolini.
that gives a valuable account of the Roman emperor Augustus' achievements, public offices, and public benefactions.
Polybius began his Histories by reminding Romans of Alexander's achievements, and thereafter Roman leaders saw him as a role model.
Conceived in the fourth century BC by Appius Claudius Caecus, it was one of the Romans' greatest engineering achievements: marshes were drained, embankments and bridges built, and cuttings made through hills.
They rank among the highest achievements of Roman Catholic church music.
