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Definition of the pax romana in English English dictionary
- Pax Romana
- The long period of relative peace and minimal expansion by military force experienced by the Roman Empire between 27 BC and 180 AD
- The Pax Romana.
- Pax Augusta
- Pax Romana
- (Latin; "Roman Peace") State of comparative tranquility throughout the Mediterranean world from the reign of Augustus (27 BC-AD 14) to that of Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-180). The concord also included North Africa and Persia. The empire protected and governed provinces, each of which legislated and administered its own laws while accepting Roman taxation and military control. It was the Pax Romana that ensured the survival and eventual transmission of the classical Greek and Roman heritage
- pax romana
- the Roman peace; the long period of peace enforced on states in the Roman Empire