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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. Augustan and Julio-Claudian art - Wikipedia

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    The Ara Pacis is a symbol of the Augustan era, constructed between 13 BC and 9 BC. The general Italic approach is mixed with neo-Attic reliefs and a frieze in the style of Pergamon; all combined without precise logical relationships between architectural parts and decorations. Only the small frieze on the central altar is considered a truly ...

  4. 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]

  5. Victimarius - Wikipedia

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    [8] [9] [10] On one side of the Ara Pacis the relief depicts Aeneas with his slave attendants leading a sow to the altar. This mythical scene further details the victimarius performing his duties for public sacrifice for elite members of Roman society, therefore, also showing their importance within realm of religious animal sacrifice. [ 9 ]

  6. Scroll (art) - Wikipedia

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    Scroll-forms containing animals or human figures are said to be "inhabited"; more often than not the figures are wildly out of scale with the plant forms. [7] Frequently, especially in spreading designs, an upright element imitating the main stem or flower-stalk of the plant appears as a central element protruding vertically from the base ...

  7. She-wolf (Roman mythology) - Wikipedia

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    By the 1st century AD, the she-wolf was common in both Rome and the provinces. She and the twins were featured on the elaborate Ara Pacis, built in honor of Augustus and dedicated to Pax, the goddess of peace. [13] Coins with their depiction were minted and widely circulated.

  8. Dynamis (queen) - Wikipedia

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    The woman on the Ara Pacis panel wears a brill mistaken for a diadem. Dynamis’ grandfather, Mithridates VI, associated himself with the god Dionysus. Not surprisingly, there was a sanctuary of Dionysus in Panticapaeum, the Bosporan capital. The presence of this foreign prince and others on the Ara Pacis illustrates the success of Roman ...

  9. 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".