Pax Romana

Pax Romana (Latin for "Roman Peace") was the long period of peacefulness and minimal expansion by the Roman military force experienced by the Roman Empire after the end of the Final War of the Roman Republic and before the beginning of the Crisis of the Third Century. Since it was established by Augustus, it is sometimes called Pax Augusta. Its span was approximately 206 years (27 BC to 180 AD) according to Encyclopedia Britannica or from 70 AD to 192 AD according to The Cambridge Ancient History.

Overview

The Pax Romana is said to have been a "miracle" because prior to it there had never been peace for so many centuries in a given period of history. According to Walter Goffart however, "peace is not what one finds in it[s pages]". Arthur M. Eckstein writes that the period needs to be seen in contrast with the much more frequent warfare that occurred in the Roman Republic in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC. Eckstein also notes that the incipient Pax Romana appeared during the Republic and that its temporal span varied with geographical region as well: "Although the standard textbook dates for the Pax Romana, the famous “Roman Peace” in the Mediterranean, are 31 BC to AD 250, the fact is that the Roman Peace was emerging in large regions of the Mediterranean at a much earlier date: Sicily after 210 [BC]; peninsular Italy after 200 [BC]; the Po Valley after 190 [BC]; most of Spain after 133 [BC]; North Africa after 100 [BC]; and for ever longer stretches of time in the Greek East".

Pax Romana (comics)

Pax Romana is a four-issue American comic book limited series written and illustrated by Jonathan Hickman and published by Image Comics.

Plot

Vatican-backed research has discovered the secret of time travel. With it the Church plans to fix the future by altering the past. They send a warehouse of modern weaponry and enhanced soldiers to Rome in 312AD. Plans change quickly as the cardinal in charge of the mission is shot.

Collected editions

The series has been collected into a trade paperback:

Adaptation

On April 30, 2014, Syfy announced they would be adapting Pax Romana into a miniseries. Matthew Federman and Stephen Scaia (Warehouse 13) are writing the show, with Scaia and David Alpert (The Walking Dead) executive producing. Hickman will serve as a co-executive producer.

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Pax Romana (disambiguation)

The Pax Romana was a time of peace established by Emperor Augustus during the Roman Empire.

Pax Romana may also refer to: