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All Roads Lead to Rome

 

All Roads Lead to Rome


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Meaning:

All Roads Lead to Rome means that there are various ways to reach a conclusion, many ways to achieve a goal, and many routes to arrive at a decision.


Origin:

The idea is that there are many methods to accomplish something, all leading to the same result.

The phrase all roads lead to Rome may be a take from a phrase coined by French poet 117 in the Middle Ages in 1175:

“mille vie ducunt hominem per secula Romam,” which means “a thousand roads lead a man forever toward Rome.”

Ancient Rome and the Roman empire is well-known for their engineering skill. Many ancient Roman structures and architecture are still intact that used roman concrete, an early version of modern concrete, along with many Roman roads which also used concrete. These roads provided a route for a strong Roman economy and for rapid deployment of the Roman army. The network of roads consisted of 29 roads which connected 113 provinces of the empire, with Rome at the center installed by Emperor Caesar Augustus.


Example:

Today we still see this phrase used but not as often,  we use it to express that there are many actions that can be taken and they will all have the same outcome an example sentence is:

“You can solve the puzzle any way you like, all roads lead to Rome.”


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