| 1 | The city has been through many vicissitudes. | |
| 2 | Was climate change responsible for the rise and fall of the Roman Empire? | |
| 3 | I am reading a book about the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. | |
| 4 | In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. | |
| 5 | So, the rise and fall of empires is obviously a theme of this course. |