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Pax Ro⋅ma⋅na

  [paks roh-mey-nuh, -mah-, pahks; Lat. pahks roh-mah-nah]
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–noun
1. the terms of peace imposed by ancient Rome on its dominions.
2. any state of peace imposed by a strong nation on weaker or defeated nations.
3. an uneasy or hostile peace.
Origin:
1880–85; < L: Roman peace
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Pax Romana [(pahks, paks roh-mah-nuh)]

Latin for “the Roman peace”; the peace enforced by ancient Rome within the boundaries of its empire.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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