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Which of the following descriptions best summarizes the pax Romana? A. Angry at Greece for having supported his rivals, Augustus Caesar initiated the pax Romana by invading and conquering Greece. B. Once he had defeated his rivals, Augustus Caesar reestablished the Roman Republic. The Republic remained in place until its fall to barbarian armies in 500 CE. C. Augustus Caesar used his broad powers as emperor to usher in a time of peace. Roman culture flourished, and ambitious public works projects improved the lives of Rome's subjects everywhere. D. The pax Romana refers to the brief period of tranquility that prevailed in the Roman Empire under Augustus Caesar until Visigoth invaders plunged Rome into the Dark Ages in 50 BCE.

          Which of the following descriptions best summarizes the pax Romana?
A. Angry at Greece for having supported his rivals, Augustus Caesar initiated the pax Romana by invading and conquering Greece.
B. Once he had defeated his rivals, Augustus Caesar reestablished the Roman Republic. The Republic remained in place until its fall to barbarian armies in 500 CE.
C. Augustus Caesar used his broad powers as emperor to usher in a time of peace. Roman culture flourished, and ambitious public works projects improved the lives of Rome's subjects everywhere.
D. The pax Romana refers to the brief period of tranquility that prevailed in the Roman Empire under Augustus Caesar until Visigoth invaders plunged Rome into the Dark Ages in 50 BCE.

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Which of the following descriptions best summarizes the pax Romana?
A. Angry at Greece for having supported his rivals, Augustus Caesar initiated the pax Romana by invading and conquering Greece.
B. Once he had defeated his rivals, Augustus Caesar reestablished the Roman Republic. The Republic remained in place until its fall to barbarian armies in 500 CE.
C. Augustus Caesar used his broad powers as emperor to usher in a time of peace. Roman culture flourished, and ambitious public works projects improved the lives of Rome's subjects everywhere.
D. The pax Romana refers to the brief period of tranquility that prevailed in the Roman Empire under Augustus Caesar until Visigoth invaders plunged Rome into the Dark Ages in 50 BCE.

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00:01 So we're looking at the pax romana.

00:03 Literally, that just means the roman peace.

00:09 And it's just a long period of time, almost two centuries, where rome was at peace, which was strange because most of the time they were at war with somebody.

00:17 It was a big empire.

00:18 So which of these summarises it? well, we have four options.

00:21 Let's go through them.

00:23 A, b, c, and d.

00:26 Starting with a.

00:28 Is it the case that augustus initiated the pax romana by invading and conquering greece.

00:33 A couple of problems here.

00:35 First, it's peace.

00:36 You don't get it by invading, you get it by ending a war, and that is what happened.

00:42 The pax romana began after the defeat of cleopatra and mark antony.

00:56 So they were at war, but augustus defeated his enemies and then there was peace.

01:02 And unusually for rome, that peace continued and augustus wanted peace.

01:07 So it's not a, it didn't come from conquering greece, cleopatra was of course egyptian, and it wasn't initiated by invasion, it was the end of a war.

01:22 So augustus defeated mark antony and cleopatra and then he was roman emperor and he ushered in peace.

01:30 B...

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