Art of Augustus The ara pacis

Kleiner, Fred S. A History of Roman Art. Victoria: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2007. Print.

9 BCE The alter of peace

◦ Augusts constructs this monument to celebrate the peace that he has brought to the Roman empire.

This alter was built to show that Augustus’ piety and devotion to the gods.

The ara pacis Augustae

Kleiner, Fred S. A History of Roman Art. Victoria: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2007. Print.

Augustus, Livia and Agrippa are pictured. Children are shown with their parents.

◦ This is the first time that children, acting like children, were depicted on a Roman monument.

◦ This was to show Augustus’ desire to increase the birthrate of Romans.

The Procession

Kleiner, Fred S. A History of Roman Art. Victoria: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2007. Print.

This relief depicts Agrippa with one of his children.

His child is shown wearing a necklace and a tunic rather than a bulla and a toga. ◦ This may have been Agrippa child shown in Greek

garb or it may have been the child of a barbarian warlord.

Agrippa