Template:Short description Template:Cleanup bare URLs Template:Infobox comic book title Pax Romana is a creator-owned four-issue limited series comic book written and illustrated by Jonathan Hickman and published by Image Comics on March 7, 2012.
Plot
Vatican-backed research has discovered the secret of time travel. With it the Church plans to fix the future by altering the past. They send a warehouse of modern weaponry and enhanced soldiers to Rome in 312 CE. Plans change quickly as the cardinal in charge of the mission is shot.
Collected editions
| Trade paperbacks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Material collected | Publication date | ISBN |
| Pax Romana | Pax Romana #1–4 | April 2008 | |
Adaptation
In April 2014, Syfy announced to adapt Pax Romana into a miniseries.[1] Matthew Federman and Stephen Scaia (Warehouse 13) were hired as the writers of the show, with Scaia and David Alpert (The Walking Dead) as executive producers and Hickman as a co-executive producer.[2] No new details of the project were moving forward after its initial announcement.[3]
Characters
- Nicholas Chase
- A retired American general who is sent with Cardinal Beppi Pelle on a mission from the Pope to change history and right the wrongs of modern humanity by ensuring that the Catholic Church reigns supreme.
- Gene Pope
- Pope who tells the young Holy Roman Emperor the story of how the empire has lasted for so many centuries.
- Beppi Pelle
- Cardinal chosen to be sent back in time to make sure the Catholic Church retains supremacy.
- Constantine
- Constantine was the first Christian emperor of Rome and considered within the story to be the last effective ruler of Rome.
References
Interviews
- Hickman Saves the Future, Destroys the Past in "Pax Romana", Comic Book Resources, October 16, 2007
Reviews
- Jonathan Hickman: The Design of Things to Come, Ain't It Cool News, January 9, 2008