all roads lead to Rome

US[ɑlː ɹɔʊds liːd̥ tʰɪu̯ː ɹɔʊm]

all roads lead to Rome proverb: different paths can take one to the same goal.

Proverb

all roads lead to Rome

(idiomatic) Different paths can take one to the same goal.

Synonyms:

all roads lead to Mecca, there's more than one way to skin a cat, all roads lead to Sydney

all roads lead to Rome meaning in Bengali, Kannada, Sanskrit and Tagalog

all roads lead to Rome in Bengali

different paths can take to the same goal: সব রাস্তা রোমের দিকে যায় śobo rasta rōmer dike jaẏ

all roads lead to Rome in Kannada

different paths can take to the same goal: ಎಲ್ಲದರ ಪರಿಣಾಮವೂ ಒಂದೇ elladara pariṇāmavū ondē, ಎಲ್ಲ ದಾರಿಗೂ ಗುರಿ ಒಂದೇ ella dārigū guri ondē

all roads lead to Rome in Sanskrit

different paths can take to the same goal: सर्वाः पन्थाः रोमायाम् प्र नयन्ति sárvāḥ pánthāḥ romāyām prá náyanti

all roads lead to Rome in Tagalog

different paths can take to the same goal: lahat ng daan ay magdadala sa'yo sa Roma

More languagesFewer languages

all roads lead to Rome in Arabic: كُلُّ الطُّرُقِ تُؤَدِّي إِلَى رُومَا kullu ṭ-ṭuruqi tuʔaddī ʔilā romā
all roads lead to Rome in Malay: ada banyak jalan menuju ke Mekah, ada banyak pilihan bagi mencapai matlamat sama
all roads lead to Rome in Indonesian: banyak jalan menuju Roma
all roads lead to Rome in Persian: همهیِ راهها به رُم میفرجامند hame-ye râh-hâ be rom mi-farjâmand
all roads lead to Rome in Vietnamese: đường nào cũng về La Mã
all roads lead to Rome in Myanmar: လမ်းတိုင်းဟာ ရောမမြို့ဆီကို ဦးတည်နေကြတယ် lam:tuing:ha rau:ma.mrui.hcikui u:tanyne-kra.tai

Synonyms of all roads lead to Rome

Origin of all roads lead to Rome

Modern wording of medieval sentiment; apparently originally a reference to Roman roads generally and the Milliarium Aureum (Golden Milestone) specifically. Appears in the Latin form mīlle viae dūcunt hominēs per saecula Rōmam (“a thousand roads lead men forever to Rome”) in Liber Parabolarum, 591 (1175), by Alain de Lille. The earliest English form appears to be “right as diverse pathes leden the folk the righte wey to Rome”, in A Treatise on the Astrolabe (Prologue, ll. 39–40), 1391, by Geoffrey Chaucer.

Questions about all roads lead to Rome

What does all roads lead to Rome mean?: All roads lead to Rome means different paths can take one to the same goal.
What is all roads lead to Rome in Bengali?: All roads lead to Rome in Bengali is সব রাস্তা রোমের দিকে যায় (śobo rasta rōmer dike jaẏ). See All roads lead to Rome meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is all roads lead to Rome?: All roads lead to Rome is a proverb.
How do you pronounce all roads lead to Rome?: All roads lead to Rome is pronounced [ɑlː ɹɔʊds liːd̥ tʰɪu̯ː ɹɔʊm] (US).

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