Pax Romana
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The Pax Romana is a roughly 200-year-long period of ancient Rome that is identified as a golden age of increased and sustained Roman imperialism, prosperous stability, hegemonic power, regional expans
Extent of the Roman Empire under Augustus. Yellow represents the extent of the Republic in 31 BC, while green represents gradually conquered territories under the reign of Augustus, and pink areas represent client states.
AR Antoninianus of Gordian III, struck at Antioch 243–244 with Pax Augusta on the reverse
Commodus
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Commodus was Roman emperor from 177 to 192, first serving as nominal co-emperor under his father Marcus Aurelius and then ruling alone from 180. Commodus's sole reign is commonly thought to mark the e
Pax Romana
…during the Pax Romana, accounting for 33% of the world's population. Following the Pax Romana, and according to Cassius Dio, the dictatorial reign of Commodus, later followed by the Year of the Five Emperors and the Crisis of the Third Century, marked Rome's descent "from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and…
Commodus as Hercules (AD 192), Capitoline Museums, Rome, one of the most famous Roman sculptures.
Commodus c. 170–175 AD, Romano-Germanic Museum.
Commodus c. 180 AD, Getty Museum.
Commodus with attributes of Helios, Apollo, and Jupiter, late 2nd century AD, sardonyx cameo relief, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg