PAX: WAR AND PEACE IN ROMES GOLDEN AGE (HB)

The Pax Romana has long been revered as a golden age. At its peak, the Roman Empire stretched from Scotland to Arabia and contained perhaps a quarter of humanity. Beginning in 69AD, a year that saw four Caesars in succession rule the empire, and ending some seven decades later with the death of Hadrian, Pax presents a dazzling history of Rome at the height of its power. From the gilded capital to realms beyond the frontier, historian Tom Holland portrays the Roman Empire in all its predatory glory.