Global Pax Americana

[Ernst]

but u have to remember that
germany has been a very important part of Roman Empire

Ok I live in city that was founded by Romans, but the larger part of nowadays Germany "Magna Germania" was never part of the Roman Empire.

Map

And this is how we commemorate having resisted:
Monument

[milanocapitale]

yes that's the situation at the 117 DC

[milanocapitale]

I don't think Roman imperium ever created a real peace everywhere. It might look like that because Romans had taken over so large areas that there were not really free nations which could have been in war against each other.

I don't know if sestertius can be regarded as an international because in the past the value of money was the value of its material. It did not really matter what was the name of the currency.

Anyway, Roman imperium was an interesting stage in history. Why Greek did not create a similar imperium although they created the basis for the culture of Romans? Many people wonder that why did Roman imperium collapse but I wonder how it could ever exist.

I am quite sure that American rule in the world will not last forever either.

In my area, there were the celtics of Insubria, we were barbarians and we resisted to romans but we lived in war and the progress didn't pass for our countries.

http://www.romansonline.com/Countries_L ... =Insubrian

Romans brang with them plenty of things and progress too.Nations and people who joined in peace have had a fairy period the others just war and destruction.
But we have not to forget that every period has its morality so what seemed normal now can seem bloody, it's the relativism of history.

About monetarization look there very very interesting about monetarization in rome:
http://www.oenb.at/en/ueber_die_oenb/ge ... _times.jsp

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Money, Wealth and Power
By comparison to Greece, the Roman monetary system developed quite late. However, Roman society was monetized quite rapidly during the 2nd century B.C., which went hand in hand with a noticeable rise in the circulation of money. The importance of money in day-to-day dealings in the regions under Rome’s influence is substantiated by the numerous references to money transactions in the New Testament, among others: 1 denarius was appropriate pay for a day’s work harvesting grapes, and holdings of 10 denarii were considered a goodly sum. 200 denarii were required to supply 5,000 people with bread. 

By conquering provinces, Rome amassed inconceivable riches. The loot from forays and the tax revenue from the subjugated regions filled the coffers of ancient Rome. With their clever politics of coexistence, the Roman overlords managed to exploit the existing financial resources and administrative facilities in the provinces for their own ends. This was also true of the regional money systems, which the Romans permitted to operate in coexistence with Roman money. However, the provinces’ coins vanished as a result of growing impoverishment and were replaced by Roman money, mirroring the fate of Athens’ silver coins in the mid-1st century B.C.