Pax Romana

proper noun

The long period of relative peace and minimal expansion by military force experienced by the Roman Empire between 27 BC and 180 AD.

Similar
Pax Augusta
OriginLatin Pāx Rōmāna →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalThe long period of relative peace and minimal expansion by military force experienced by the Roman Empire between 27 BC and 180 AD.

    Synonyms: Pax Augusta

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe long period of relative peace and minimal expansion by military force experienced by the Roman Empire between 27 BC and 180 AD.

Similar
Pax Augusta
Also see
pax augusta

Origin

  1. LatinPāx Rōmāna
  2. EnglishPax Romana

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 publication Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776).

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Translations

Finnish Pax Romana, Rooman rauha
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French paix romaine
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Latin Pax Romana
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Polish pokój rzymski
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Thai สันติภาพโรมัน
  • สันติภาพโรมันTranslations
Vietnamese Hoà bình La Mã, Thái bình La Mã
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Cite this entry
APA

Pax Romana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pax%20Romana

MLA

“Pax Romana.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pax%20Romana. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pax Romana,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pax%20Romana.

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