Peace! (at the point of a sword)

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Pax Romana brought stability and prosperity to Rome’s vast empire.

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BBC History Magazine

6 July 2023

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It’s a measure of the enduring appeal of Stanley Kubrick’s 1960 swords-and-sandals epic that, when most of us hear the name Spartacus, a dimple-chinned Kirk Douglas springs immediately to mind. Heroic

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