Altar of the Augustan Peace - The raised reliefs on the Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace) in Rome depict the triumphs of the Augustan era and the dawn of the Pax Romana or period of Roman peace that the reign of Augustus initiated. The Ara Pacis Augustae (Latin, "Altar of Majestic Peace"; commonly shortened to Ara Pacis) is an altar to Peace, envisioned as a Roman goddess. It was commissioned by the Roman Senate on 4 July 13 BC to honor the triumphal return from Hispania and Gaul of the Roman emperor Augustus, and was consecrated on 30 January 9 BC by the Senate to celebrate the peace established in the Empire after Augustus's victories The altar was meant to be a vision of the Roman civil religion. It sought to portray the peace and fertile prosperity enjoyed as a result of the Pax Augusta (Latin, "Augustan peace") brought about by the military supremacy of the Roman empire. ©TopFoto.

Altar of the Augustan Peace - The raised reliefs on the Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace) in Rome depict the triumphs of the Augustan era and the dawn of the Pax Romana or period of Roman peace that the reign of Augustus initiated. The Ara Pacis Augustae (Latin, "Altar of Majestic Peace"; commonly shortened to Ara Pacis) is an altar to Peace, envisioned as a Roman goddess. It was commissioned by the Roman Senate on 4 July 13 BC to honor the triumphal return from Hispania and Gaul of the Roman emperor Augustus, and was consecrated on 30 January 9 BC by the Senate to celebrate the peace established in the Empire after Augustus's victories The altar was meant to be a vision of the Roman civil religion. It sought to portray the peace and fertile prosperity enjoyed as a result of the Pax Augusta (Latin, "Augustan peace") brought about by the military supremacy of the Roman empire. ©TopFoto

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