Pax Britannica
Proper noun
Meaning
Pax Britannica
The period of British imperialism after the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar, which led to a period of overseas British expansionism.
Examples
Britain was the world's foremost power during the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, most notably during the so-called " Pax Britannica " - a period of totally unrivaled supremacy and unprecedented international peace during the mid-to-late 1800s.
Her three-volume history of the British Empire, Pax Britannica, was completed in 1978, while in 1985 her novel, Last Letters from Hav, was shortlisted for the Booker prize.
Pax Britannica would give way to Pax Americana.”
The argument is made that unlike Britain in the previous century (during Pax Britannica ) America does not directly rule subject peoples and practice closed trading policies.