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
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
"It is our peace," he told his victorious legions, "Roman peace."
From Time Magazine Archive
However, the remaining peoples of Gaul refused to join the revolt, preferring the Roman peace to a renewal of the old intertribal struggles.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
For more than two hundred years, throughout an area as large as the United States, the civilized world rested under what an ancient writer calls "the immense majesty of the Roman peace."
From Early European History by Webster, Hutton
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