all roads lead to rome

listen to the pronunciation of all roads lead to rome
English - Turkish
bütün yollar rome yol
(deyim) Bütün yollar Romaya çıkar
English - English
different paths can take one to the same goal
everything ends up at the same place, all ways eventually lead to the same place
all roads lead to rome

    Hyphenation

    all roads lead to Rome

    Turkish pronunciation

    ôl rōdz lid tı rōm

    Pronunciation

    /ˈôl ˈrōdz ˈlēd tə ˈrōm/ /ˈɔːl ˈroʊdz ˈliːd tə ˈroʊm/

    Etymology

    () Modern wording of medieval sentiment; apparently originally a reference to Roman roads generally and the Milliarium Aureum (Golden Milestone) specifically.Schaaf, P. (1867/1886). Ante-nicene fathers: The Apostolic fathers, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus . Grand Rapids, MI, USA: CCEL, v.1 p.1 Appears in the form Mille viae ducunt homines per saecula Romam (A thousand roads lead men forever to Rome) in Liber Parabolarum, 591 (1175), by Alain de Lille. by Samuel Singer, Kuratorium Singer, published by Walter de Gruyter, 1995, ISBN 311008529 1, ISBN 978 311008529 7, The earliest English form appears to be “Right as diverse pathes leden the folk the righte wey to Rome.” in Treatise on the Astrolabe (Prologue, ll. 39–40), 1391, by Geoffrey Chaucer.
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