Pax Romana

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Pāx Rōmāna, from pāx (“peace”) + Rōmāna (“Roman”), apparently coined by Seneca the Younger in 55 CE and popularized in English by Edward Gibbon in his c. 1776 Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

Proper noun

Pax Romana

1. (historical) The long period of relative peace and minimal expansion by military force experienced by the Roman Empire between 27 BCE and 180 CE.

   Synonym: Pax Augusta

Coordinate terms

• See pāx

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: Pax Romana, Rooman rauha
• French: paix romaine f
• Latin: Pax Romana f
• Polish: pokój rzymski m
• Vietnamese: Hoà bình La Mã, Thái bình La Mã