Pax Romana

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pāx Rōmāna (literally “Roman peace”), an expression first used in writing by Seneca the Younger in 55 CE and popularized by Edward Gibbon in his work on The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

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Pax Romana

  1. (historical, Ancient Rome) The long period of relative peace and minimal expansion by military force experienced by the Roman Empire between 27 BCE and 180 CE.
    Synonym: Pax Augusta

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