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say it is good.
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It's debatable whether it was good for everybody.
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Non-Romans and poor people may have seen the Pax Romana
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as more oppressive than a liberation,
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just like people saw the Pax Americana that way,
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after the collapse of the Soviet Union and before the
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beginning of the Iraq War.
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The Romans maintained peace, for one thing,
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by leaving local populations pretty much alone when it came
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to local customs, religions, and living arrangements.
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When they thought it was necessary, they maintained peace
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by destroying communities and