Pax Romana

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Learned borrowing from Latin Pāx Rōmāna, from pāx (peace) + Rōmāna (Roman), apparently coined by Seneca the Younger in 55 CE and popularized in English by Edward Gibbon in his c. 1776 Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

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Pax Romana

  1. (historical) 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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