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all_roads_lead_to_Rome

all roads lead to Rome

English

Proverb

all roads lead to Rome

different paths can take one to the same goal

Translations

different paths to the same goal

Arabic: كل الطرق تؤدي الى روما
Bengali: সব রাস্তা রোমের দিকে যায়। ‎(Shob rasta Romer dike jay)
Burmese: လမ်းတိုင်းဟာ ရောမမြို့ဆီကို ဦးတည်နေကြတယ်။ ‎(lam:tuing:ha rau:ma.mrui.hcikui u:tanynekra.tai||)
Catalan: tots els camins duen a Roma
Chinese:
Mandarin: 條條大路通羅馬 (zh), 条条大路通罗马 (zh) ‎(tiáotiáo dàlù tōng Luómǎ), 殊途同歸 (zh), 殊途同归 (zh) ‎(shūtútóngguī)
Czech: všechny cesty vedou do Říma
Danish: alle veje fører til Rom (da)
Dutch: alle wegen leiden naar Rome
Finnish: kaikki tiet vievät Roomaan
French: tous les chemins mènent à Rome (fr)
German: alle Wege führen nach Rom (de)
Greek: όλοι οι δρόμοι οδηγούν στη Ρώμη (el) ‎(óloi oi drómoi odigoún sti Rómi)
Hebrew: כל הדרכים מובילות לרומא
Hungarian: minden út Rómába vezet (hu)
Icelandic: allir vegir liggja til Rómar (is)
Indonesian: banyak jalan menuju Roma
Italian: tutte le strade portano a Roma
Japanese: 全ての道はローマに通ず (ja) ‎(subete no michi wa Rōma-ni tsūzu)

Korean: 역지즉개연 ‎(易地則皆然, yeok-ji-jeuk-gae-yeon), (calque) 모든 길은 로마로 통한다 ‎(modeun gireun romaro tonghanda)
Latin: omnes viae Romam ducunt
Latvian: visi ceļi ved uz Romu
Malay:

Rumi: ada banyak jalan menuju ke Mekah, ada banyak pilihan bagi mencapai matlamat sama

Jawi: اد باڽق جالن منوجو کمکه, اد باڽق ڤيليهن باݢي منچاڤاي متلامت سام
Norwegian: alle veier fører til Rom (no)
Persian: همه‌یِ راه‌ها به رُم میفرجامند
Polish: wszystkie drogi prowadzą do Rzymu (pl)
Portuguese: todos os caminhos levam a Roma
Romanian: toate drumurile duc la Roma
Romansch: tut las vias mainan a Roma
Russian: все доро́ги веду́т в Рим ‎(vse dorógi vedút v Rim)
Serbo-Croatian: Svi putevi vode do Rima
Slovene: vse poti vodijo v Rim
Spanish: todos los caminos llevan a Roma, todos los caminos conducen a Roma
Swedish: alla vägar bär till Rom (sv)
Tagalog: lahat ng daan ay magdadala sa'yo sa Roma
Turkish: tüm yollar Roma'ya çıkar
Vietnamese: Mọi con đường đều dẫn tới thành Roma

References

↑ Schaaf, P. (1867/1886). Ante-nicene fathers: The Apostolic fathers, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus [Roberts, A. & Donaldson, J, Eds]. [Electronic reprint] Grand Rapids, MI, USA: CCEL, v.1 p.1
↑ Thesaurus Proverbiorum Medii Aevi: Lexikon der Sprichwörter des Romanisch-germanischen Mittelalters by Samuel Singer, Kuratorium Singer, published by Walter de Gruyter, 1995, ISBN 311008529 1, ISBN 978 311008529 7, p. 355
↑ Treatise on the Astrolabe, Part 1

Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, ISBN 0-679-44554-4, p. 8.
Linda and Roger Flavell, Dictionary of Proverbs and their Origins
Quoteland.com : Quoteland.com User Groups : Who Said It? : all roads lead to Rome

Etymology

Modern wording of medieval sentiment; apparently originally a reference to Roman roads generally and the Milliarium Aureum (Golden Milestone) specifically.^[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.^[2]

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.^[3]