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Why was my article "What was life like during the Pax Romana deleted?" (Further detail please)

In fact for Jews these were the times of grave oppression, massacres and ultimate destruction of their state and culture and attempted erasure of their very existence when Romans even renamed the province of Judea using a name of half-forgotten long extinct enemies of Jews to re-name the land as Palestine.

Did you know that.. The Pax Romana only created a facade of happiness and peace, there was actually great fighting and discomfort, but the leaders covered it up. Such examples can still be seen today in many countries...

[edit] Pronunciation

How is Pax romana pronounced? Can we include this in the article, please.

/pæks/ romána Mallerd 12:23, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
No, it is /paks romána/ Str1977 (talk) 09:45, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Usage of B.C.A and B.C

I noticed that somebody still change the year such as B.C.A and B.C. Would somebody please clarify the years? Thanks. Daniel's page ☎ 07:27, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I think you meant BCE (Before Common Era) and BC (Before Christ). Both are acceptable and interchangeable in Wikipedia, as are CE (Common Era) and AD (Anno Domini - Year of our Lord). Personally, I prefer the secular naming convetion over the traditional one, and use it when I'm writing or contributing. You'll find both on the site, though. -- Gaius Octavius | Talk 16:57, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
I'm all for changing it to BCE and CE from BC and AD. -Pnkrockr 17:43, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

"Personally, I prefer the secular naming convetion over the traditional one" Ridiculous, you must be a member of the ACLU.

[edit] Rename page

I propose renaming the article due to a name clash with Pax Romana ICMICA/MIIC http://www.paxromana.org/

Pax Romana the historical period currently has no sources. What is its significance? Pax Romana the organisation is a longstanding active organisation. SmokeyJoe 00:57, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pax Romana

Was it actually a real policy or was the tranquility pure coincidence? Mallerd 13:12, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

It is modern, disputed term that is retroactively applied. I wonder who came with it.Hoshidoshi 17:50, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
"Pax Romana" is an idea first presented by Edward Gibbon in the first chapter of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

If it is disputed, can you tell in what way please? Mallerd 16:17, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Points of dispute clearly are:
  • Whether the Empire intentionally pursued a policy of "moderation" or whether this was due to outside factors. It is especially questionable to put the recalling of various generals in a light of "moderation". More often this was due to Emperor mistrusting these generals.
  • Wars were not absent from the Pax Romana period. As the article notes, Trajan conquered Mesopotamia. Later, Marcus Aurelius tried to conquer what today is Czechia.
  • What's even more dubious is Gibbon placing the end in 180. That year actually marked the beginnin of peace as Commodus ended his father's war of conquest and concluded a peace (and was much criticized for it). Just because Aurelius is the philosopher and Commodus the monster doesn't make ther former reign one of peace or the latter one full of war.
Str1977 (talk) 09:57, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

I understand, thank you very much Mallerd (talk) 23:23, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is available a free ebook on eBooks@Adelaide including the first chapter referred to above. It does seem as though Gibbon described the concept here, but note that he does not use the term "Pax Romona". According to the online OED the earliest reference in English is from Fraser's Magazine "1853 Fraser's Mag. Mar. 291/1 Within its ample circumference [sc. the Roman world] the Pax Romana abode securely." [1] laurens (talk) 13:23, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pax Americana

In this article, "Pax Americana" is described as having ended in 2001. In the Pax Americana article there is no mention of its end. The "2001" should be removed unless good reason is given. TornVictor 11:44, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

9/11? Arch O. La Grigory Deepdelver 18:41, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Missing text?

There seems to be missing text from this article. E.g. a paragraph ending with "However," etc. Is it vandalism, or is this article merely under construction? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.83.113.36 (talk) 19:05, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

No, just sloppy editing: [2]. Arch O. La Grigory Deepdelver 19:15, 6 April 2008 (UTC)