# Ara Pacis

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The Ara Pacis, also called Ara Pacis Augustae, is an archaeological monument and museum in Italy. Its pale marble enclosure looks quiet beneath the glass roof. The Roman Senate commissioned this altar to mark Augustus’s victorious return and present peace and prosperity as achievements of his rule. Its reliefs turn imperial politics into ordered stone. Priests, magistrates and members of the imperial family advance across the outer panels in a carefully ordered procession. The inner surfaces carry acanthus leaves and curling plant forms. One celebrated panel shows Tellus, a seated mother earth surrounded by children, animals and plants, joining fertility with nourishment and security. Other panels show Aeneas making a sacrifice and the she-wolf with Romulus and Remus. These scenes connect Augustus with Rome’s legendary origins. The original altar stood on the Campus Martius, where an obelisk’s shadow could reach it on Augustus’s birthday. Floods and river deposits later buried the monument beneath a Renaissance building. Richard Meier’s modern museum uses glass and clean lines to shelter the ancient marble from moisture and air pollution. The building also lets visitors view the reliefs from several angles. Every leaf, garment fold and child belongs to a political image of peace carved in marble.

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