Ara Pacis
Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace), July 4, 13 B.C.E. Roman Senate votes to honor the triumphal return of Augustus from Gaul and Hispania (France and Spain), January 30, 9 B.C.E. monument is dedicated, marble (Museo dell'Ara Pacis, Rome)
Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
On my return from Spain and Gaul after successful operations restoring
law and order in these provinces, the Senate voted, during the
consulship of Tiberius Nero and Publius Quintilius, in honor of my
return, that an altar to Peace be consecrated in the Campus Martius, and
that on this altar the magistrates, priests, and Vestal Virgins are to
make annual sacrifices.
Res Gestae Divi Augusti II.12
Where and When
Rome
13-9 B.C.E.
13-9 B.C.E.
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