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
To the common man the Roman peace appears to have been a peace by submission, not widely different from what the case of China has latterly brought to the appreciation of students.
From An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation by Veblen, Thorstein
Not indeed by conquest—that counts for little—but the Roman peace introduced into Italy a new order of things, fatal to the hill-tops.
From Science in Arcady by Allen, Grant
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