Essay On Pax Romana

Pax Romana, known as the Roman peace period in Latin terms, and what most people today refer to it as, was an influential era for the Roman Empire. Pax Romana was a period of peace, prosperity and stability across the Roman Empire that lasted from 27 B.C.E to 180 C.E, approximately 206 long years. This reign of peace throughout the Roman Empire began with Augustus. As the Roman Empire expanded its territory to larger regions of the world; adding lands in North Africa, the Middle East and the Balkans, its population expanded to an estimated 70 million people. The growing complications of taking over such a large sum of land resulted in many different challenges to the Roman’s. Such as rebellions, riots, and how to properly distribute wealth

During this “time of peace” and focus on revitalizing the Empire first and foremost only turned out beneficial to its inhabitants. For example, many advances within the engineering blossomed during this period. The Roman Empire began to build durable, extensive road systems that could more easily move citizens throughout the empire, trade with foreign groups and most importantly more easily transport troops. This network of more accessible roads only benefited the entirety of the Roman Empire for years to come. While also providing an easier way of communicating to distanced territories more fluid. The innovation of aqueducts allowed the common folks of Rome accessibility to the use of water more conveniently from inner cities to rural farmers. This was a very impactful innovation for the growth of not only the expansion of people away from the major central Roman cities, but also provided greater prosperity to the poor folks who had trouble accessing resources of water to support themselves. They now had easier ways of retrieving the necessary materials to better their livelihood. The third and arguably the most significant impact that the Pax Romana had on the Empire was the advancement in architecture. The innovation of concrete was founded, and this discovery opened the door to Roman architecture we know of today. The