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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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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Pax Romana

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dictionaries

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Adrian Goldsworthy

Sub title

war, peace and conquest in the Roman world

Summary

Renowned for his biographies of Julius Caesar and Augustus, Adrian Goldsworthy turns his attention to the Roman Empire as a whole during its height in the first and second centuries AD. Though this time is known as the Roman Peace, or Pax Romana, the Romans were fierce imperialists who took by force vast lands stretching from the Euphrates to the Atlantic coast. The Romans ruthlessly 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

Target audience

adult

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