ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME Definition & Meaning

All roads lead to Rome

All paths or activities lead to the center of things. This was literally true in the days of the Roman Empire, when all the empire's roads radiated out from the capital city, Rome.

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Idioms and Phrases

Many different methods will produce the same result. For example, So long as you meet the deadline, I don't care how much help you get—all roads lead to Rome. Based on the fact that the Roman Empire's excellent road system radiated from the capital like the spokes of a wheel, this metaphor was already being used in the 1100s.

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Example Sentences

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His successor may not be such a natural political fit for Ms Meloni – but she is arguably the EU’s strongest right-wing leader and Mr Starmer knows that to solve the migration challenge, all roads lead to Rome.

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“All roads lead to Rome, and all wires lead to the server.”

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And like all roads lead to Rome, here all plot strands led to a grand finale of “We Will Rock You,” “We Are the Champions” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” — the latter so hard to integrate into a story even this far-fetched that Elton didn’t even try and just tacked it on as an encore.

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They say that all roads lead to Rome.

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They used to say that all roads lead to Rome.

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