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ID: 901002036
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002036
Record Type: Character/Person

Pax (Roman deity)

Note: In Roman religion, the personification of peace, probably recognized as a deity for the first time by the emperor Augustus, in whose reign much was made of the establishment of political calm.

Names:
Pax (Roman deity) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Roman iconography> (P)
........<Roman characters> (P)
............Pax (Roman deity) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
is personification of .... peace
.....(culture-related concepts, culture and related concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Ancient Roman
.....(Ancient Italian, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
affiliated/associated with .... Augustus, Emperor of Rome (Roman emperor, 63 BCE-14 CE)
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Sources:
Pax (Roman deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Grove Art Online (2008-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ara_Pacis#/media/File:Ara_Pacis_Rom.jpg
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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