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

by Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith.

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2016.

Political stability -- Rome -- History.

Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.

9780297864288 (hc.)

ix, 513 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-451) and index.

The Pax Romana, the famous peace and prosperity brought by the Roman Empire at its height during the first and second centuries AD. The Romans were conquerors, imperialists who took by force a vast empire stretching from the Euphrates to the Atlantic coast. Ruthless, they won peace not through coexistence but through dominance; millions died and were enslaved during the creation of their empire. The author 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 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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