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Pax Romana, war, peace, and conquest in the Roman world, Adrian Goldsworthy

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Pax Romana, war, peace, and conquest in the Roman world, Adrian Goldsworthy

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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mapsplatesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Pax Romana

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

941874968

Responsibility statement

Adrian Goldsworthy

Sub title

war, peace, and conquest in the Roman world

Summary

Best-selling author Adrian Goldsworthy turns his attention to the Pax Romana, the famous peace and prosperity brought by the Roman Empire at its height in the first and second centuries AD. Yet the Romans were conquerors, imperialists who took by force a vast empire stretching from the Euphrates to the Atlantic coast. Ruthless, Romans won peace not through coexistence but through dominance; millions died and were enslaved during the creation of their empire. Pax Romana examines how the Romans came to control so much of the world and asks whether traditionally favorable images of the Roman peace are true. Goldsworthy vividly recounts the rebellions of the conquered, examining why they broke out, why most failed, and how they became exceedingly rare. He reveals that hostility was just one reaction to the arrival of Rome and that from the outset, conquered peoples collaborated, formed alliances, and joined invaders, causing resistance movements to fade away

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