"ancient" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Iron was the common instrument of commerce among the ancient Spartans; copper among the ancient Romans; and gold and silver among all rich and commercial nations.
- Maniots are often described as descendants of the ancient Dorian population of the Peloponnese and as such related to the ancient Spartans.
- The ancient Spartans built several temples there dedicated to various gods.
- Addressing a rally of thousands of teenage Hitler Youth, Diem exhorted them to defend the capital to the death, in the spirit of the ancient Spartans.
- All the recruits lived in a series of stark, wooden barracks, under conditions that would have made the ancient Spartans seem profligate.
- The ancient Spartans used to sacrifice to her as one of their patron goddesses before starting a new military campaign.
- The ancient Spartans had a dance called ormos, which was a syrto style dance described in detail by Xenophon where a woman led a male into dance using a handkerchief.
- He replied with the phrase Molon labe, imitating the ancient Spartans.
- The traditional Greek values of "Country, Loyalty, Family and Religion", which Metaxas praised repeatedly, were also close to those of the ancient Spartans.
- Designs for Halo 3 took cues from ancient Greek Spartans.
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