"The Pax Romana (Latin for 'Roman peace') is a roughly 200-year-long timespan of Roman history which is identified as a golden age of increased and sustained Ro

"The Pax Romana (Latin for 'Roman peace') is a roughly 200-year-long timespan of Roman history which is identified as a golden age of increased and sustained Roman imperialism, relative peace and order, prosperous stability, hegemonial power, and regional expansion." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Romana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Romana "Pax Americana is a term applied to the concept of relative peace in the Western Hemisphere and later in the world after the end of World War II in 1945, when the United States became the world's dominant economic, cultural, and military power." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Americana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Americana The US global leadership role was severely tarnished after its catastrophic war on Vietnam. And just when it seemed the country might recover its leadership role, it launched an even more catastrophic war on Iraq. The consequences of the Iraq quagmire on US domestic politics, economic and military strength, global flows of migrants and global reputation continue to reverberate. If this is the end of Pax Americana, it's anyone's guess what comes next. Men who think about the Roman Empire at least once a week are fond of drawing parallels with what happened after the end of Pax Romana and what might be next for a leaderless world.