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  2. Pax Romana - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Glossary of ancient Roman religion - Wikipedia

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    Fata deorum or the contracted form fata deum are the utterances of the gods; that is, prophecies. [235] These were recorded in written form, and conserved by the state priests of Rome for consultation. The fata are both "fate" as known and determined by the gods, or the expression of the divine will in the form of verbal oracles. [236]

  4. Religion in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Constantine successfully balanced his own role as an instrument of the pax deorum with the power of the Christian priesthoods in determining what was (in traditional Roman terms) auspicious – or in Christian terms, what was orthodox. The edict of Milan (313) redefined Imperial ideology as one of mutual toleration.

  5. List of Latin phrases (P) - Wikipedia

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    pax Dei: peace of God: Used in the Peace and Truce of God movement in 10th-century France Pax Deorum: Peace of the gods: Like the vast majority of inhabitants of the ancient world, the Romans practiced pagan rituals, believing it important to achieve a state of Pax Deorum (The Peace of the gods) instead of Ira Deorum (The Wrath of the gods ...

  6. Roman imperial cult - Wikipedia

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    But where Caesar had failed, Octavian had succeeded: he had restored the pax deorum (lit. peace of the gods) and re-founded Rome through "August augury". [53] In 27 BC he was voted – and accepted – the elevated title of Augustus. [54]

  7. Pax Deorum - Wikipedia

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    Pax Deorum may refer to: "Pax Deorum", a song from The Memory of Trees, an album by Enya "Pax Deorum", a cover of the aforementioned song from the album Maiden of Mysteries: The Music of Enya, by the Taliesin Orchestra; Pax deorum, a Latin phrase meaning "peace of the gods"

  8. Pax (goddess) - Wikipedia

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    Pax was a relatively unrecognised deity during the early republic as she had little to do with the Roman philosophy. [2] However, during this time the Greek city states had been worshipping Pax’s equivalent - Eirene since the early bronze age where the worship of her peaked during the rise of the Athenian empire and the Peloponnesian war. [1]

  9. Ara Pacis - Wikipedia

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    The Ara Pacis Augustae (Latin, "Altar of Augustan Peace"; commonly shortened to Ara Pacis) is an altar in Rome dedicated to the Pax Romana. [1] The monument was commissioned by the Roman Senate on July 4, 13 BC to honour the return of Augustus to Rome after three years in Hispania and Gaul [2] [3] and consecrated on January 30, 9 BC. [4]