Pax Romana
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- noun
- /pæks roʊˈmɑːnə/
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Pax Romana
- The type of peace sharia espouses is the peace we find in cemeteries after Islam has arrived; social order under Islam is something like the Pax Romana.
But Augustus is officially where people say Pax Romana begins.
- But Augustus is officially where people say Pax Romana begins.
Examples
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Many historians consider the Pax Romana to be one of the most significant periods in ancient history.
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Unlike Strabo, Polybius wrote in a period of Roman military expansion rather than during the more stable Pax Romana (on that point, see also Dueck 2000, 52).
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But Augustus is officially where people say Pax Romana begins.
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The concept isn't a new one, as there was also the Pax Romana in the days of the Roman Empire, and the Pax Britannica brought about under the influence of the British Empire.
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Strabo, working in the time of Augustus and his successor, Tiberius, had no reason to believe that the newly established Pax Romana would not last for a long time.
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The Pax Romana allowed trade to flourish across the Roman Empire without the threat of war.
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During the Pax Romana, construction projects and infrastructure improvements spread throughout Roman territories.
Surface Forms
Morphology
pax + Romana
The phrase is directly compositional: 'pax' = peace and 'Romana' = Roman, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer 'Roman peace' and thus the idea of peace/stability under Roman rule. This formation (Pax + proper name) is cross-linguistically recognizable (e.g. Pax Americana), so the overall meaning is transparently derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Pax Romana comes from Latin and literally means Pax 'peace' and Romana 'Roman'. It named a long time when Roman rule kept order across the empire so people were safer and trade could grow. So the phrase now means a long period of Roman peace and order.