Introduction: Roman Imperialism and the Meaning of Peace (2024)

Pax and the Politics of Peace: Republic to Principate

Hannah Cornwell

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2017

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9780191843587

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9780198805632

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Cornwell, Hannah, 'Introduction: Roman Imperialism and the Meaning of Peace', Pax and the Politics of Peace: Republic to Principate, Oxford Classical Monographs (Oxford, 2017; online edn, Oxford Academic, 20 July 2017), https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198805632.003.0007, accessed 15 Oct. 2024.

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The purpose of this study is to examine the role of peace, specifically the concept designated by the word pax, in Roman political thought, and to explore the ways in which it became a vehicle for imperialism. The introduction starts from the perceived dichotomy between war and peace, and argues that rather than viewing peace as an afterthought of war, it should instead be viewed as part of a wider discourse on the nature of power in the ancient world, of which war is, of course, an essential component. Understanding the ways in which the Romans conceptualized peace is integral to an analysis of the changing dynamics of the Roman state through civil war to the creation of a new political system and world-rule.

Keywords: War, Peace, Roman Imperialism, Republic, Principate, civil war, Empire

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