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The Pax Romana (Latin for ' Roman peace ') is a roughly 200+-year-long period of Roman history which is identified as a golden age of increased and sustained Roman imperialism, relative peace and order, prosperous stability, hegemonic power, and regional expansion. This is despite several revolts and wars, and continuing competition with Parthia.
200 BC – Battle of Cremona – Roman forces defeat the Gauls of Cisalpine Gaul; 220–219 BCE Second Illyrian War [2] [further explanation needed] Second Punic War (218–201 BCE) [2] 218 BC – Battle of Lilybaeum – First naval clash between the navies of Carthage and Rome during the Second Punic War; Roman victory.
[67] [68] Perhaps due to Rome's lenient treatment of their defeated foe, [65] the Latins submitted largely amicably to Roman rule for the next 200 years. The Second Samnite War, from 327 BC to 304 BC, was a much longer and more serious affair for both the Romans and Samnites, [69] running for over twenty years and incorporating twenty-four ...
First Mithridatic War: Roman forces landed at Epirus. 85 BC: First Mithridatic War: A peace was agreed between Rome and Pontus under which the latter returned to its pre-war borders. 83 BC: Sulla's civil war: Sulla landed with an army at Brindisi. Second Mithridatic War: The Roman general Lucius Licinius Murena invaded Pontus. 82 BC
The 200 years that began with Augustus's rule is traditionally regarded as the Pax Romana ("Roman Peace"). The cohesion of the empire was furthered by a degree of social stability and economic prosperity that Rome had never before experienced. Uprisings in the provinces were infrequent and put down "mercilessly and swiftly". [31]
Pax Romana, a long period of peace in the early years of the Roman Empire. Debellatio, the peace which follows a war in which one side is annihilated. "Roman Peace" in this usage refers to the end of the Third Punic War, in which Rome wiped out Carthage and allegedly salted the earth to prevent anything from growing there ever again.
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The total number of men available to Scipio and how many of them travelled to Africa is unclear; the Roman historian Livy, writing 200 years later, gives totals for the invasion force of either 12,200, 17,600 or 35,000. Modern historians estimate a combat strength of 25,000–30,000, of whom more than 90% were infantry.