Pax Romana

It was an ancient Roman megalomanic vision called Pax Romana that post-WW II became Pax Americana with illusions of wanting unchallengeable dominance to deter any potential rival, and, like ancient Rome, wage preemptive or preventive war to assure it.

A Review of Chalmers Johnson's Nemesis - The Last Days of the American Republic 2007

It was an ancient Roman megalomanic vision called Pax Romana that post-WW II became Pax Americana with illusions of wanting unchallengeable dominance to deter any potential rival, and, like ancient Rome, wage preemptive or preventive war to assure it.

A Review of Chalmers Johnson's Nemesis - The Last Days of the American Republic 2007

It is a measure of Acapulco's trauma that many people say they hope he succeeds, and can impose a narco version of the Pax Romana, ending the violence.

Trouble in Acapulco's Paradise David Luhnow 2011

Thanks to the singularly inept scions of Italy, humanity was introduced to modern science, capitalism, the Renaissance, the rule of law, accounting, atomic energy, the emancipation of women and the Pax Romana.

Monsieur Queenan Should Visit Italy 2011

It bugs me when I see a second or third-tier superhero character outselling a unique, critically acclaimed title like The Goon, Mouse Guard, Firebreather or Pax Romana.

Filip Sablik: Chocolate & Vanilla (Or “The Two-Party System”) 2009

When school children today are taught the glories of ancient Rome, the tranquility of the Pax Romana, the noble life of Roman orators and poets, the gore and human blood on the sands of the arenas remains an adult secret.

Dan Agin: The Roots of Anti-Liberalism: Part I 2009

The name was given in reference to the Pax Romana (an era of peace and prosperity enjoyed by the Romans in the first and second century AD).

Michael Pento: Cash for Clunkers with our Bread and Circuses in Pax Americana 2009

Even the Assyrians at their height, the Romans in their Pax Romana centuries, the British in the endless decades when the sun could never set on its empire, would prove pikers by comparison.

Tom Engelhardt: The Ponzi Scheme Presidency 2009

They think the costs are disproportionate to probable benefits, and imperial duties, such as administering the modern equivalent of Pax Romana, are inimical to democratic values.

When Acting As Rome . . . 2008

Eventually this will allow a superpower to bring order out of chaos by establishing a global Pax Romana.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008