All roads lead to Rome

Cultural  

1. 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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all roads lead to Rome Idioms  

1. 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

Hitherto Roman Catholics of North & South America have had only a nodding acquaintance�possibly because in the Catholic Church all roads lead to Rome and side trips are not encouraged.

From Time Magazine Archive

Long ago, the saying was formulated that all roads lead to Rome.

From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various

To such natures all roads lead to Rome.

From The Silver Butterfly by Christy, Howard Chandler

"All creeds are a good deal alike, just as they say all roads lead to Rome," she reminded him, with a curious crossing of Mrs. Brenton's mental trail.

From The Brentons by Dexter, Wilson C.

He had never realised that all roads lead to Rome.

From Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)