Rome - Ara Pacis

The Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace) is an altar in Rome dedicated to Pax, the Roman goddess of Peace. The monument was commissioned by the Roman Senate in 13 BC to honour the return of Augustus to Rome after three years in Hispania and Gaul. 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, it stood in the northeastern corner of the Campus Martius, the former flood plain of the Tiber River and gradually became buried under silt deposits. It was reassembled in its current location, now the Museum of the Ara Pacis, in 1938.

The Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace) is an altar in Rome dedicated to Pax, the Roman goddess of Peace. The monument was commissioned by the Roman Senate in 13 BC to honour the return of Augustus to Rome after three years in Hispania and Gaul. 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, it sto…  (read more)

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