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Pax Romana

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.

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 BC and 180 AD.
    Synonyms:
    Pax Augusta

Pax Romana meaning in Thai and Vietnamese

Pax Romana in Thai

Translations
สันติภาพโรมัน

Pax Romana in Vietnamese

Translations
Hoà bình La Mã, Thái bình La Mã

Synonyms of Pax Romana

Origin of Pax 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).

Questions about Pax Romana

What does Pax Romana mean?
Pax Romana means the long period of relative peace and minimal expansion by military force experienced by the Roman Empire between 27 BC and 180 AD.
What is Pax Romana in Thai?
Pax Romana in Thai is สันติภาพโรมัน. See Pax Romana meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is Pax Romana?
Pax Romana is a proper noun.

Words near Pax Romana in the dictionary

  1. pax
  2. Pax Americana
  3. Pax Augusta
  4. Pax Britannica
  5. Pax Judaica
  6. Pax Romana
  7. Pax Silica
  8. Pax Sinica
  9. paxamate
  10. paxes
  11. Paxford

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