Roman peace
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Roman peace
Translation of Latin pāx Rōmāna
Example Sentences
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Alec Guinness plays Aurelius as a weary—dare we say Stoic?—intellectual who wants a Roman peace that all foreigners can join, not as slaves or as clients but as citizens.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 30, 2014
"It is our peace," he told his victorious legions, "Roman peace."
From Time Magazine Archive
As emperor he proves ruthless and gifted, fighting the imperial wars, defending the Roman peace, reorganizing Britain and the Rhine frontier.
From Time Magazine Archive
The earth appeared to him still divided into kingdoms warring with one another; he seemed to ignore the "Roman peace," and the new state of society which its age inaugurated.
From The Life of Jesus by Renan, Ernest
But this stability of the Roman peace had barely been realized when events began to threaten it both from within and without.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various
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