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= The Pax Romana =

Roman Cities
One of the cities that was very important in the Roman Empire was Rome(of course) and the city of Alexandria in Egypt. There were lots of trade centers near these great cities but all of them were important because they near the water. Bei​ng near to the water can have lots of advantages like lots of ships can transport goods and lots more. This is one of the reasons how Rome began as Republic to an Empire. Also, it was a big jump from a republic to an empire because lots of people were OK with their job as a senate, magistrate, or a tribune. The senate is a group of 300 people and they stay for the rest of their lives, but in the contrary, a magistrate can only be in the government for one year. Last government the Romans were stuck with was in an empire, which is when only one person rules over many people and land.

​ Population
Population grew like in food like in farming, so the population grew bigger and strong. Also, during the Pax Romana, when the empire of Rome began expanding to other places, population began to grow bigger and bigger and when more people got conquered, more food was supplied to the other people in the empire. Also another reason why the population grew bigger is that when more people got conquered more new babies were born and werecitizens of the empire of Augustus. It says that the population during the Pax Romana was about 4,000,000 people but Augustus still kept conquering people which increased more thepopulation when the empire fell into disaster.

Roman Talents
The Romans grew more talented in everything like in Art because that is when the Romans expanded their empire, they copied the Greek artwork and some of the Egyptians from Alexandria because it was popular back then. Also the people from all around the empire move from one place to another so the culture spreads easily and all the arts or their pieces of writing and everybody get inspired and get very talented so that is how all the ideas of the Romans began. Another talent the Roman had was making these beautiful frescoes that surrounded the walls of the buildings throughout the empire of Rome.

This is a fresco that was made during the Pax Romana. It is an angel inside a circle and it was used supposedly to take care of you. PhotoCredit: flickr.com/.com/photos/44124324682@N01/3782640022

= Competitions & Acheivements = Some competitions were chariot races in a // circus maxima. // An achievement was building the Roman Colosseum and thatwas where the gladiators fought and other special events like to honor their gods which the Romans copied off of their nextdoor neighbor, the Greeks. Also lots of new things were invented by the Romans that wasn't copied off of their neighbors which was swimming pools and that was inspired everywhere today. Also, bathouses were created and that was a huge acheivement that the Romans did.

End of the Pax Romana & More Acheivements
The Pax Romana lasted around 200 years while Augustus was in reign. Aqueducts were used more often and inspired today indoor plumbing. Also, during the Pax Romana, lots of writers like Ovid, Virgil, and Horace wrote beautiful pieces of writing. More acheivements that the Romans did were the Twelve Tables and that is how Roman society was constructed and followed by. The laws were pretty strict and lots of people did not know the laws until the plebians or the normal citizens forced the people to write down the laws and that is how everyone gained equal power.



This is a picture of some building built during the Pax Romana which is still living now in Rome.

Photo Credit: flickr.com/photos/seier/1482626479/

For more information about the Pax Romana, go to the following sites:

2. The HistoryGuide: Augustus Caesar and the Pax Romana ( CLICK HERE ​[|www.history.org/ancient/lecture12b.html] ) 3. UN RV History ( CLICK HERE [|www.unrv.com/early-empire/pax-romana.php] )
 * 1) ​BrainPop: The Pax Romana ( CLICK HERE: [|www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/worldhistory/paxromana/preview.weml] )