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Ara Pacis
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Ara Pacis

Elaborately sculpted altar in Rome, consecrated in 13 BC to mark the return of Augustus from the provinces of Spain and Gaul, and dedicated in 9 BC. Intended as a symbol of the new age of imperial rule, it stood in the Campus Martius, surrounded by a rectangular enclosure. Intricate relief sculpture, among the greatest artistic achievements of the Augustan era, pictured the act of consecration and the imperial family, alongside scenes from Roman mythology.



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The first two were through Sothebys and included the State Library of Victoria's Scriptores Historiea Augustae which also bears the Medici arms.
In art and literature, her nurturing aspect was emphasized above her erotic character, as is suggested by the so-called VenusfTellus/Italia relief on the Ara Pacis Augustae As noted, the Phidian statue may have been paired with the Cornelia figure, and, if true, the two surely would have created a striking visual and conceptual parallel between Rome's ideal matron and the Julian family's progenitor.
 
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