Marcus Aurelius Was The Last Ruler Of The "Pax Romana"

Marcus passed away on March 17, 180, at the age of 58, in his military quarters in Sirmium or Vindobona (in the province of Pannonia Superior, today's Vienna) (province of Pannonia Inferior, modern Sremska Mitrovica). His ashes were brought back to Rome, where they were kept in Hadrian's tomb (today's Castel Sant'Angelo) until the Visigoths captured the city in 410. He was quickly deified after this. A column and a temple were constructed in Rome as remembrances of his campaigns against the Germans and Sarmatians. One of the interesting facts abour Marcus Aurelius is his passing is regarded by some academics as signaling the end of the Pax Romana.

The 207-year period known as Pax Romana, sometimes known as Pax Augusta, was characterized by stability and peace in the Roman Empire. Caesar Augustus established the Roman Principate (or first period) in 87 AD, and it lasted until Marcus Aurelius' demise in 180 AD. Roman Pax witnessed the apex of the empire's lands. A third of the world's population, or about 70 million people, lived in the Roman lands throughout these two centuries.