Rice, Noodles, and Other Grain Foods. We have a pretty good idea when Chinese pasta was invented. It was around 300 BCE. We have it on authority of Shu Hsi, an official editor of ancient texts and one of the most learned men of China. A pasta enthusiast, in about 300 CE, he composed a poem titled: A Rhapsody on Pasta.
Origins: The idiom, âall roads lead to Rome,â was being used as early as the 1100s. It was based off of the ancient Roman road system where roads radiated from the capital of Rome. The road system resembled spokes of a wheel as the picture above shows around the circle. Ammer, Christine. The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms.
[edit] Proverball roads lead to Rome. 1.different paths can take one to the same goal. #1. When the Roman Empire was at its prime back during the first century, Rome was of course the capital of the strongest country in the known world at that time. To allow the Emperor to be able to travel throughout the vast kingdom, he had specially prepared roads that went out in all directions from Rome. There were some insignificant roads other than these, but these main roads were made to allow the Emperor to travel without a lot of rough rides.