Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age TC_Bestseller NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER |

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Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age TC_Bestseller NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER |From an award winning historian, the definitive account of the golden age of Romean ultimate superpower at the pinnacle of its greatness. Rarely has the distant past seemed so vividly alive. Financial Times The Pax Romana has long been shorthand for the empires golden age. Stretching from Caledonia to Arabia, Rome ruled over a quarter of the worlds population. It was the wealthiest and most formidable state in the history of humankind. Pax is a