Panel from the Ara Pacis Augustae

Sculpture

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Museum of Antiquities - University of Saskatchewan

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Name/Title

Panel from the Ara Pacis Augustae

Entry/Object ID

77R0525

Description

Relief depicting part of a procession: seven persons draped and two children. Damage to the original reflected on the upper left corner extending across the top to the upper right. Only one adult head survives. Damage also to bottom of left side.

Type of Sculpture

Relief

Artwork Details

Medium

Plaster

Context

The Ara Pacis Augustae, or the Altar of Augustan Peace, was voted by the Roman Senate in 13 BCE to honour Augustus’ (see also: Coins of Augustus) safe return from Spain and Gaul; it was dedicated in Campus Martius in 9 BCE. It commemorated the establishment of peace, the Pax Augusta (“Augustan Peace”). This fragment represents part of the imperial procession at the inaugural sacrificial ceremony. The persons taking part in the procession are members of the imperial family (see: Livia; Gaius or Lucius Caesar). They are rendered according to their importance in high or low relief. There is some debate as to who is identified in this part of the relief, but potential candidates include Livia, wife of the emperor Augustus, Julia, daughter of Augustus, Tiberius or Drusus, sons of Livia, Gaius or Lucius Caesar, grandsons of the emperor. The altar itself is surrounded by four “walls” of panels, carved in relief both inside and out. Other panels depict important events and figures in Roman belief and history, chosen to complement Augustus’ political agenda.

Made/Created

Date made

9 BCE - 9 BCE

Time Period

Roman Imperial

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Roman

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

120 cm

Width

150 cm

Depth

23 cm

Web Links and URLs

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010275268

Research Notes

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Weinstock, Stefan. Pax and the "Ara Pacis." JRS 50, London, 1960, 44-58. Public: No

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Cook, SA et al, eds. "Ara Pacis Augustae". The Cambridge Ancient History, vol X, p.546ff. Cambridge University Press, 1952. Public: No

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Moretti, Giuseppe. The Ara Pacis Augustae. Rome 1961. Public: No

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Gruen, E.S. The Imperial Policy of Augustus. Raaflaub and Toher, 1990, 395. Public: No

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Brilliant, Richard. Roman Art from the Republic to Constantine. Phaidon, 1974, 239-241. Public: No

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Kjellberg and Saflund. Greek and Roman Art. London: Faber and Faber, 1968, 187-188. Public: No

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Wheeler, Mortimer. Roman Art and Architecture. Praeger, 1964, 163-167. Public: No

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Wheeler, Mortimer. Ara Pacis Augustae- Details of Precint Wall. Roma: Istituto Poligrafico Dello Stato, 1961. Public: No

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Wheeler, Mortimer. The Emperor Augustus. Public: No

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Wheeler, Mortimer. Panel Identification. Public: No

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La Rocca, Eugenio. Ara Pacis Augustae. Public: No

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Koeppel, Gerhard M. Die historschen Releiefs der romischen kaizer. Bonner Jahrbucher vol. 187, 1987. Public: No

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Toynbee, J.M.C. The Ara Pacis Augustae. JRS vol. 51, London, 1961. Public: No

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Kleiner, Diana E.E. The Great Friezes of the Ara Pacis Augustae. Public: No

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Holloway, R. Ross. Who's Who on the Ara Pacis. Studi E Materiali vol. 3, 1984. Public: No

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Pollini, John. Ahenobarbi, Appulcii, and Some Others on the Ara Pacis. AJA vol. 90, 1986. Public: No

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Rose, Charles Brian. "Princes" and Barbarians on the Ara Pacis. AJA vol. 94, 1990. Public: No

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Atnally Conlin, Diane. The Reconstruction on Antonia Minor on the Ara Pacis. Journal of Roman Archaeology vol.5, 1992. Public: No

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Billows, Richard. The Religious Procession of the Ara Pacis Augustae. Journal of Roman Archaeology vol.6, 1993. Public: No

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Bender, Henry V. Portraits on the Ara Pacis. The Augustan Age vol.4, 1985. Public: No

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Holliday, Peter J. Time, History and Ritual on Ara Pacis. Art Bulletin vol. LXXII no. 4, December 1990. Public: No

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Elsner, John. Cult and Sculpture: Sacrifice in the Ara Pacis Augustae. JRS vol. 81. 1991. Public: No

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Settis, Salvatore. Die Ara Pacis. Kaiser Augustus und die Verlorene Republik. Berlin, 1988. Public: No

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Syme, J.R. The Roman Revolution. Oxford, 1939, 380-393. Public: No