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Ara Pacis Augustae | |
.jpg) The altar as reassembled, showing original western side | |
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| Coordinates | 41°54′23″N 12°28′32″E / 41.90639°N 12.47556°E |
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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] Originally located on the northern outskirts of Rome, a Roman mile from the boundary of the pomerium on the west side of the Via Flaminia,[5] the Ara Pacis stood in the northeastern corner of the Campus Martius, the former flood plain of the Tiber River and gradually became buried under 4 metres (13 ft) of silt deposits. It was reassembled in its current location, now the Museum of the Ara Pacis, in 1938, turned 90° counterclockwise from its original orientation so that the original western side now faces south.
- ^ "Ara Pacis (article) | Early empire". Khan Academy. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
- ^ Diana E. E. Kleiner. Ara Pacis Augustae (Multimedia presentation). Yale University.
- ^ Res Gestae Divi Augusti, 8.5, 12.2
- ^ Crow 2006, p. 5
- ^ Torelli 1982