ID: 700009325 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009325	Record Type: Built Work
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Ara pacis (altar (religious fixture); unknown ancient Roman, created under Emperor Augustus; consecrated 13 BCE, dedicated ...; Ara Pacis Museum (Rome, Roma province, Lazio, Italy))

Note: Horseshoe-shaped altar surrounded by a nearly square enclosing wall. Monumental Altar of Peace was constructed in the Campus Martius to celebrate the victories of Augustus in Spain and Gaul. It fell into ruins over the ages, and was reconstructed on a nearby site in 1938 from fragments. The altar was originally erected at the east edge of the Campus Martius, between the obelisk of Augustus, which served as a needle for his gigantic sundial, and the Via Flaminia, parallel with both and related to the lines of the equinox and the winter solstice. The altar unconventionally had two entrances, at the east and at the west; the measurements were determined by the equinoctial line running through them. In this way the altar was directly connected with the dates of the conception and birth of Augustus (in September, when the shadow of the obelisk lined up with the center of the Ara Pacis), just as the Mausoleum of Augustus was also integrated into the sundial system.

Titles:

Ara pacis (preferred,C,U,English-P,L,N,Latin-P,U,N)

Ara Pacis Augustae (C,U,Latin,U,U)

Altar of Peace (C,U,TR,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

altar (religious fixture) [300003725] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <architectural elements by building type>, religious building fixtures, <altars and altar components>)

monumental work (object genre) [300417456]

..... (Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by form>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: consecrated 13 BCE, dedicated 9 BCE; reconstructed 1938

Creator Display:

unknown ancient Roman, created under Emperor Augustus [preferred]

artists unknown Ancient Roman (Ancient Roman cultural designation) [500202843]

Locations:

Other: Original: Campo Marzio [7006964] Rome (inhabited place), Roma province (province), Lazio (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Ara Pacis Museum (Rome, Roma province, Lazio, Italy) [500450220] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Address Note: 41°54′23″N 12°28′32″E

Display Materials: Carrara marble

	Carrara marble [300011576]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock, marble (rock), <marble by color or pattern>, white marble)

Dimensions: enclosing wall: 11.63 x 10.66 m

Cultures:

Ancient Roman (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

religion and mythology

Specific Subjects:

	Pax [901002036]
	.....((Roman characters, Roman iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	victory [300374810]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities)) (AAT)

	monumental (size or dimensions) [300073760]
	.....(Physical Attributes Facet, Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name), <attributes and properties by specific type>, form attributes, size/dimensions, <size/dimensions by specific type>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: monuments and monumental structures

Sources and Contributors:
Ara pacis	........ [VP,GCI]
	........ AATA database (1995-)
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-) Stupperich, Reinhard and Thorsten Opper, "Ara Pacis," accessed 22 February 2018
Ara Pacis Augustae	........ [VP]
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
Altar of Peace	........ [VP]
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Grove Art Online (2008-) Stupperich, Reinhard and Thorsten Opper, "Ara Pacis," accessed 22 February 2018