all roads lead to Rome

all roads lead to Rome
Cf. medieval L. mille vie ducunt hominem per secula Romam, a thousand roads lead man for ever towards Rome. c 1391 CHAUCER Astrolabe Prologue 1. 40 Right as diverse pathes leden diverse folk the righte way to Rome.

1806 R. THOMSON tr. La Fontaine’s Fables IV. XII. xxiv. All roads alike conduct to Rome.

1872 W. BLACK Strange Adventures of Phaeton vi. You know all roads lead to Rome, and they say that Oxford is half-way to Rome.

1912 J. S. HUXLEY Individual in Animal Kingdom vi. All roads lead to Rome: and even animal individuality throws a ray on human problems.

2002 Spectator 16 Feb. 21 All roads, of course, led to Rome: an expression of Rome’s control over the empire’s landscape and populace.


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