**Intact Gift Giving Condition book**

“Rarely has the distant past seemed so vividly alive.” ―Financial Times The Pax Romana has long been shorthand for the empire’s golden age. From an award-winning historian, the definitive account of the golden age of Rome―an ultimate superpower at the pinnacle of its greatness. Stretching from Caledonia to Arabia, Rome ruled over a quarter of the world’s population. It was the wealthiest and most formidable state in the history of humankind.