Social Sciences and History / Unit 3 SSH 0224 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Pax Romana and the Frontiers
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The idea
From about one to two hundred CE, roads, one language and protection from bandits ran from Spain to Mesopotamia. Three dynasties ruled: Julian, Flavian, and the Five Good Emperors who adopted successors. Under Trajan in one seventeen the empire was largest.
In practice
Hadrian's frontier fortifications, later called the limes.
Where people slip
Parthian Persia was the rival Rome never beat. Chinese silk drained Roman gold.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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