Expand the ideas suggested in the following lines:
(a) All roads lead to Rome.
(b) A man without liberty is a body without a soul.
Answers
(a)
The phrase 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. The idea is that there are many methods to accomplish something, all leading to the same result. The proverb all roads lead to Rome may be derived from a phrase coined by French poet Alain de Lille 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 its engineering prowess. Many ancient Roman structures are still intact, including aqueducts, public Roman baths such as the Baths of Caracalla, walls such as Hadrian’s Wall and the Antonine Wall, and Roman architecture such as palaces, temples, and coliseums where one may view Roman concrete. Portions of many Roman roads such as the Appian Way or Via Appia are still in existence. These roads provided a route for a strong Roman economy and for rapid deployment of the Roman army. Every Roman road was considered to begin at the Milliarium Aureum or Golden Milestone, installed by Emperor Caesar Augustus in the Roman Forum in the City of Rome.
Explanation:
All roads lead to Rome.
This proverb means that all the different paths lead to the great city of Rome and this saying is from the great English poet Chaucer of 14th century. During the period after the Greek civilization and when Rome was founded as a city, the city slowly established itself as one of the leading military powers in that region and slowly an empire appeared at that point and this empire was called the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire was the centre of all the civilization in that period and slowly it conquered a lot of countries in that region and at the height of its empire the Roman Empire spread from Germany in the east up to Spain and encompassed even a part of United Kingdom. So all the administrative decisions for this big kingdom originated from Rome and so it became the centre of the ancient world. Also the Roman civilization had a very good network of roads to travel to these provinces and generally they were all connected to the Rome the centre of the Roman Empire.
This is very similar to the situation where there are lots of rivers flowing on the landscape and wherever they originate from they always end into the sea. Also in religion though there are various religions and various forms of gods they all preach love and humanity. Similar to this whatever our way of life-style of life, we are all human beings and our endeavour should march towards the noble nature - eternity.