Ara Pacis Augustae

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The Ara Pacis Augustae is an ornate marble altar in Rome dedicated to Pax, the Roman goddess of peace, celebrating Emperor Augustus’s establishment of peace and his political and religious authority.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman monument
altar
marble altar
architecturalStyle Roman Imperial
commissionedBy Augustus
Roman Senate
constructionEnd 9 BCE
constructionStart 13 BCE
country Italy
currentBuildingDesignedBy Richard Meier
dedicatedOn 30 January 9 BCE
dedicatedTo Pax
Roman goddess of peace
features Aeneas sacrificing panel
Roma panel
Roman senators
Romulus and Remus panel
Tellus panel
imperial family procession
priests
hasComponent central altar table
enclosing precinct walls
stairways
hasFunction altar for sacrifices
hasInscription Senatus Populusque Romanus dedication
hasRelief mythological scenes
processional friezes
vegetal friezes
heritageDesignation important monument of ancient Rome
housedIn Museo dell'Ara Pacis
inHonorOf Augustus
languageOfInscription Latin
locatedIn Campus Martius
Rome
locatedNear Mausoleum of Augustus
Tiber River
linked to: Tiber
majorExcavation 1937
materialUsed marble
partOf Augustan building program
period Augustan age
purpose celebration of peace established by Augustus
state propaganda
reconstructedIn 1938
rediscoveredIn 16th century
symbolizes Augustan political authority
Augustan religious authority
Pax Romana
peace

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Mausoleum of Augustus nearby Ara Pacis Augustae
Campus Martius contains Ara Pacis Augustae
Ara Pacis Museum houses Ara Pacis Augustae
subject linked to: Ara Pacis Museum (Rome)
Regio IX contains Ara Pacis (original Augustan location)
linked to: Ara Pacis Augustae
Obelisk of Montecitorio associatedStructure Ara Pacis Augustae
Roman art hasMajorWork Ara Pacis Augustae