Augustus and the Ara Pacis
“Rome, 9 BCE. The Senate consecrates the Altar of Augustan Peace beside the Tiber. Foreground shows Augustus in priestly veil with a libation bowl, flanked by Agrippa and the imperial family; midground reveals the marble altar's processional reliefs, freshly carved and still smelling of stone dust; the Mausoleum's cypresses rise behind a crowd in white togas.”
