Pax Romana Review

"Roman Peace" - 100 years of stability within the Roman Empire, where the population and economy grew and travel was safe.

• Aqueducts

• Pax Romana

• Colosseum

• Polybolos

Repeating Ballista Crossbow

• Aqueducts

• Pax Romana

• Colosseum

• Polybolos

Bridge-like stone structures that carry water from the hills into Roman cities.

• Aqueducts

• Pax Romana

• Colosseum

• Polybolos

A large stadium in ancient Rome where athletic events took place - seated 50,000 people.

• Aqueducts

• Pax Romana

• Colosseum

• Polybolos

16 water mills all connected to produce massive amounts of bread, saw through stone, or run blast furnaces and power hammers.

• Barbegal Megafactory

• Hadrian's Wall

• Roman Roads

• Concrete

Huge defensive fortification built in northern England; not a border, but a fallback point.

• Barbegal Megafactory

• Hadrian's Wall

• Roman Roads

• Concrete

250,000 + miles paved to allow the army and traders to move quickly.

• Barbegal Megafactory

• Hadrian's Wall

• Roman Roads

• Concrete

Building Material the Romans used; theirs could set underwater and grew stronger as it aged.

• Barbegal Megafactory

• Hadrian's Wall

• Roman Roads

• Concrete

Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius: An Imperial Family formed by adoption that successfully ruled during the Pax Romana.

• 5 Good Emperors

• Commodus

• Marcus Aurelius

• Scipio Africanus

Last of the "Good Emperors", a successful general, philosopher and writer who is ranked among the best emperors... but who left it all to his idiot son.

• 5 Good Emperors

• Commodus

• Marcus Aurelius

• Scipio Africanus