Pax Rakata

"To their slaughter they gave the name of Empire, and to their desolation the name of Peace."

The Pax Rakata (meaning "Rakatan peace") was a period of and  in  that existed during the time of the  in the. It was during this period that the  reached its fullest extent, encompassing some five hundred worlds and ruling over ten billion Rakata and a trillion slaves of multiple species.

The specific start and end dates of the period were the subject of debate among historians. The officially listed the period as beginning with the disappearance of the s in  and ending with the early stages of the  around. The provided a more conservative date range, listing the period's start date as, the conclusion of the  and start of the Imperial golden age, and end date as , the absolute zenith of the Infinite Empire reached during the.

Behind the scenes
The author created this article as a means of reconciling a set of dates that several separate works claim to be the zenith of the. ' claims the zenith was in with the construction of the, ' claims its height was in  during the , and the  claims the Rakata rose to their height in  with the disappearance of their main enemies, the.

The page quote is a nod to a similar quote by the Roman historian : "To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace."[src]