Among many other things, Easter is an opportunity to reflect on Jesus' relationship to political power. Modern readers of the ...

The Roman authorities wished to uphold the pax Romana, or Roman peace. They feared that unrest amid a major festival could lead to a rebellion, especially given the accusation that at least some ...

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Part 1 Program 1 examines how Judaism and Roman rule, Pax Romana or "Roman peace," shaped Jesus' life. Jesus was an ordinary Jewish resident of this time, but new archaeological findings show that ...

Rome, with a population of around 75 million, had an average income equivalent to about 2.25 times the subsistence minimum — ...

Roman museums are among the most elegantly ... by the emperor Augustus in 9 B.C. to celebrate the advent of the Pax Romana. (Called the Ara Pacis, or Altar of Peace, the famous monument, first ...

We live, no doubt, in a period of accelerating history, though what precisely we can expect from this acceleration nobody dares predict. The end of World War II is still not 20 years away, yet there ...

unleashed the famous Pax Romana—an era of peace, security, and prosperity across the Roman world. This lasted over two centuries and created the foundation upon which the mighty Rome we know today was ...

Credit: Andreas Trepte, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5 Roman rule in Greece brought major economic changes to the Greek world. The Pax Romana, the period of peace and stability during Roman rule, ...

Bérengère Savélieff, peace education officer for Pax Christi France for the past four years, said the young people she works with have never been more concerned about their future than they are ...