From the time that Caesar Augustus took control and turned Rome into an Empire, until about 200 years later, Rome enjoyed a time of unparalleled peace and prosperity. This became know as the Pax Romana – the Roman Peace. There was of course fighting on the borders, in Gaul, Germania, Britain, and in the east in Armenia and Parthia, but within the empire, things were very stable and prosperous, and relatively safe. Rome kept the peace, in all the areas that it had conquered.
