The proverb "all roads lead to Rome" comes from "Roman Allusions", which means that there is more than one way to do something, and there is more than one way in life waiting for us to discover.

Original English words: All Roads Lead to Rome

Allusion:

This sentence comes from the Visigoth king Alaric.

Around the fifth century AD, the internal affairs of the Western Roman Empire were corrupt, and the increasingly powerful Germanic ethnic groups seriously threatened Rome.

The most powerful Visigothic king among the Germanic people, Alaric, had always wanted to capture Rome, but he was repeatedly defeated by the Western Roman general Stilicho.

For nearly fifteen years, Alaric was defeated by Stilico every time. Despite repeated defeats, Alaric never gave up.

The good loser wins. In 407 AD, the Western Roman Emperor Honorius destroyed the Great Wall and killed Stilicho for rebellion. After Alaric, who was in Slovenia at the time, received the news that Stilico had been killed, he looked up and laughed: "Finally no one can stop me from going to Rome."

When his general asked: " I wonder which road the king plans to take to get to Rome?"

The Visigoth king laughed loudly and said the eternal saying: All Roads Lead to Rome

Explanation:

Ancient Rome was originally a small city-state in Italy. In the 3rd century BC, Rome unified the entire Apennine Peninsula. In the 1st century BC, the city of Rome became the political, economic and cultural center of the Roman Empire that spanned Europe, Asia and Africa. In order to strengthen its rule, the Roman Empire built highways with Rome as the center and leading to all directions. According to historical records, the Romans built 80,000 kilometers of hard-surface roads. These avenues facilitated trade and cultural exchange within and outside the empire. Since the 8th century AD, Rome has become the center of Catholicism in Western Europe, with an endless stream of pilgrims from all over the world. It is said that at that time, if you started traveling from any road in the Italian peninsula or even Europe, as long as you kept walking, you could eventually reach Rome. What’s more interesting is that in order to facilitate the deployment of troops, the rulers of ancient Rome ordered large trees to be planted on both sides of the avenue to shield the marching soldiers from the hot sun. According to legend, the saying "all roads lead to Rome" was first said by the Roman Emperor Julian (Julian the apostate, 331-363). Julian was the nephew of Constantine I (c. 280-337). He was a scholar, writer and general all in one. During his reign (360-363), he allowed freedom of religious belief and allowed the Jews to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem. He himself believed in paganism and was the only non-Christian emperor after Constantine. Therefore the church called him an "apostate".

All roads lead to Rome. It can be said that there are many different methods and approaches to achieve the same goal.

It is similar to the Chinese idiom that different roads lead to the same destination, or the saying that water flowing thousands of miles returns to the sea.