The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, rules by the emperors which followed the death of Caesar.
The empire began on 4 January 27 BC.
The emprire was divided into a western and Easter half in 395 AD.
The western half collapsed in 476 AD.
and The eastern half ended in 1453 AD.
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Pax Romana.
They were worshipped for a time in rome during the Pax Romana period and until the fall of rome then most of rome turned to christianity.
The Pax Romana existed from 27 BC to 180 CE.
The Pax Romana started in 27 B.C., with the beginning of Augustus' reign.
The Pax Romana was not responsible for the decline of Rome. In fact the wisdom of Augustus and the strength of it created an ongoing momentum that even the worst Emperors could not destroy. Augustus ushered in almost 2 centuries of cultural achievements, prosperity and relative peace. So yes the Pax Romana refers to the period from 27 BC to 180 BC where there was internal stability and peace withing the empire. The policies of Augustus regarding how the empire would operate began when he took power and decided to downsize the military and use influence and negotiation to settle dispute rather than raise an army to settle matters. Under the Pax Romana, there was further expansion of the empire by conquest however. The Pax Romana was not a factor in the decline of Rome. In fact a sound argument that the Pax Romana prolonged the Roman Empire can be made. Most historians mark the crisis of the 3rd century as the beginning of the decline, and it was a very slow decline of Rome's power.