the.com/pax romana
peace enforced by the one empire nobody could afford to fight.
means a roughly 200-year stretch when rome kept the mediterranean world unusually free of major wars, mostly by crushing anyone who disagreed.
from latin for roman peace, the phrase traces to augustus's reign starting 27 bce, after a century of civil war exhausted rome into accepting one-man rule as the price of stability.
start date27 bce, augustus becomes first emperor
end date180 ce, death of marcus aurelius
tacitus said itthey make a desert and call it peace
trade boomgrain shipped from egypt fed a million romans
for instance
augustus — closed the temple of janus, symbol war had ended, 29 bce
roman roads — 250,000 miles built, mostly to move legions fast
colosseum — opened 80 ce, peace paid for in spectacle
five good emperors — 96 to 180 ce, stability without dynastic bloodshed