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  2. Ara Pacis - Wikipedia

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    The Ara Pacis Augustae (Latin, "Altar of Augustan Peace"; commonly shortened to Ara Pacis) is an altar in Rome dedicated to the Pax Romana. [1] The monument was commissioned by the Roman Senate on July 4, 13 BC to honour the return of Augustus to Rome after three years in Hispania and Gaul [2] [3] and consecrated on January 30, 9 BC. [4]

  3. Museum of the Ara Pacis - Wikipedia

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    The portraits of the Julio-Claudian dynasty placed close to the entry The Ara Pacis inside the Museum The fascist-era copy of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti, placed on the back of the Museum Designed by the American architect Richard Meier and built in steel, travertine , glass and plaster, the museum is the first major architectural and urban ...

  4. Roman sculpture - Wikipedia

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    Allegorical scene from the Augustan Ara Pacis, 13 BCE, a highpoint of the state Greco-Roman style. The study of Roman sculpture is complicated by its relation to Greek sculpture. Many examples of even the most famous Greek sculptures, such as the Apollo Belvedere and Barberini Faun, are known only from Roman Imperial or Hellenistic "copies".

  5. Pax (goddess) - Wikipedia

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    His construction of the Ara Pacis symbolised peace for the Roman citizens under his rule and some colonies were renamed after the goddess and Augustus such as Pax Julia to Pax Augusta in ancient Lusitania, also coinage was circulated in the colonies supporting Augustus as the bringer of peace where his bust in shown and the goddess Pax on the ...

  6. Category:Museum of the Ara Pacis - Wikipedia

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    Ara Pacis This page was last edited on 12 September 2024, at 19:47 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional ...

  7. File:Ara Pacis Augustae, facciata posteriore 05.jpg - Wikipedia

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  8. Santa Maria in Ara Coeli - Wikipedia

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    "For this reason the figures of Augustus and of the Tiburtine sibyl are painted on either side of the arch above the high altar". [5] Its name originates from a legend according to which a sibyl predicted the coming of the son of God to Augustus by saying: "Haec est ara Filii Dei" (This is the altar of the son of God): hence the name Ara Coeli. [6]

  9. Parthenon Frieze - Wikipedia

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    As does the Hermes of the four-figure relief known from a Roman copy. [57] Later classicizing art of the Hellenistic and Roman eras also looked to the frieze for inspiration as attested by the Lycian Sarcophagus of Sidon, Phoenicia, the Ara Pacis Augustae, the Gemma Augustea, and many pieces of the Hadrianic generation. [58]