Pax Romana
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin Pāx Rōmāna, from pāx (“peace”) + Rōmāna (“Roman”), apparently coined by Seneca the Younger in 55 AD and popularized in English by Edward Gibbon in his c. 1776 Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
Proper noun
[edit]Pax Romana
- (historical) The long period of relative peace and minimal expansion by military force experienced by the Roman Empire between 27 BC and 180 AD.
- Synonym: Pax Augusta
Coordinate terms
[edit]- See pāx
Translations
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pāx (“peace”) + Rōmāna (“Roman”), apparently coined by Seneca the Younger in 55 AD
Pronunciation
[edit](Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpaks ˈrɔ.ma.na]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpaks ˈrɔː.ma.na]
Noun
[edit]Pāx Rōmāna f sg (genitive Pācis Rōmāna); third declension
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