Pax Romana: War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World

by Adrian Goldsworthy

Book Overview

A groundbreaking and comprehensive history of the Roman Peace from one of the leading historians of the ancient world

Best-selling author Adrian Goldsworthy turns his attention to the Pax Romana, the famous peace and prosperity brought by the Roman Empire at its height in the first and second centuries AD. Yet the Romans were conquerors, imperialists who took by force a vast empire stretching from the Euphrates to the Atlantic coast...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300230621
• ISBN13: 9780300230628
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"