Pax Britannica is a well known term which means ‘the British Peace’ and it is used to describe one of the proud periods of British history when Great Britain experienced a lengthy era of peace and power. Between 1815, the end of the Napoleonic Wars, and 1914, the beginning of World War I, the nation was free of major wars while at the same time wielding great influence over Europe and the world. This term used to describe it is borrowed from the Latin in more than language, because it was a kind of imitation of the Pax Romana (the Roman Peace) a similar period during which Rome enjoyed a long period of peace and unbridled power.
Thanks partly to Julius Caesar, Rome had conquered or settled all its enemies and lorded it over a great empire which included almost all of Europe and most of the known world. This overwhelming influence had meaning for the whole world ever since in more than empirical politics, and included language, culture, literature and civilization. Interestingly, the historical influence and literary imitation were felt in another period of English history, the Augustan or Neo-Classical era around the early 18th century when English society was said to reflect that classical Greco-Roman period ruled by Augustus Caesar (nephew of Julius).
Pax Britannica is also the title of a publication by Jan Morris, inspired by that same ascendancy of Great Britain 1815-1914 during which England accumulated an empire in every corner of the world, upon which “the sun never set.” Morris produced a grand survey of the economy, the history, the politics and the
