How did Emperor Augustus usher in Pax Romana?
“I found Rome a city of bricks, and left it a city of marble.” (“Marmoream se relinquere, quam latericiam accepisset”). So goes one of the last things Roman Emperor...
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Pax Romana: What was it and how long did it last?
Given Rome’s chaotic history of conflicts, it seems nearly impossible to believe that the republic, and later empire, spent 200 years of stability and relative peace. But that was exactly...
