CLA231H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Vestal Virgin, Cornucopia, Pater Familias
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Ara pacis the alter of peace, in the campus martias, dedicated 13 bce, probably used for sacrifices. Campus martias outside the boundaries of the city initially, but augustus reclaims and expands it for public use [mausoleum, horologium - sundial, like he controls roman time] Image: relief of possibly aeneas with his sons, or numa and youths head is covered meaning ritual, and pigs probably going to be sacrificed. Idea of returning rome to proper worship of the gods attributing the fall of the republic to the loss of traditional values, and his regime as return to them. Image: procession including agrippa, augustus, priests, and wives and families of the court, with heads covered; images of plants and children that mean fertility and prosper under augustus; with senators implies augustus is just one of the senators. Image: roma, the deity personification of rome, and tellus the personification of earth, with cornucopias and babies, like everything is in rebirth with augustan period.
