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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]
He was later probably the successor of Tiberius in Germania, where he commanded the Roman army and crossed the Elbe, during which he set up an altar to Augustus, and penetrated further into the country than any of his predecessors had done. [3] He also built a walkway, called the pontes longi, over the marshes between the Rhine River and the ...
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 ...
Ara Pacis Augustae, the "Altar of Augustan Peace", as reassembled View of the opposite side Tellus Panel at the left and Roma Panel at the right View of the other wall of the Ara Pacis Map showing the original location of the Ara Pacis. The Ara Pacis is an altar that was built during the reign of Augustus; begun in 13 BCE, the monument was ...
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 ...
Deposition of Christ is an early 17th-century painting by Jusepe de Ribera [1] It was found on the altar of the Ara Pacis chapel in the co-cathedral of Castellammare di Stabia by count Vincenzo Coppola and donated by him to the bishop of the Diocese of Castellamare di Stabia.
An altar that received food offerings might also be called a mensa, "table." [18] Perhaps the best-known Roman altar is the elaborate and Greek-influenced Ara Pacis, which has been called "the most representative work of Augustan art." [19] Other major public altars included the Ara Maxima.
The Solarium Augusti was integrated with the Ara Pacis in the Campus Martius, aligning with Via Flaminia, in such a way that the shadow of the gnomon fell across the center of the marble altar on 23 September, the birthday of Augustus himself. The obelisk itself was set up to memorialize Augustus' subordination of Egypt to the control of the ...