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Title / Description: Ara Pacis
Object Location: Rome, Italy
Provenance: Rome, Italy
Object Type: image - bas-relief
Date: 13 - 9 B.C.E.ca. 13-9 BCE

Commentary: The entire processional frieze on the South side of the altar (of which this image is the second part) depicts the following people in this order: Lictor #1, Lictor #2, Consul #1, Augustus, Consul #2, four Flamanian priests (with pointed hats), the Flamanian lictor, Agrippa, his son Gaius Caesar, Agrippa's wife Julia, Augustus' daughter, Tiberius; Antonia the younger (Augustus' niece) and her husband Drusus, Tiberius' brother, with his son Germanicus; Antonia the Elder (Augustus' niece) with her children Domitius and Domitia, and finally her husband Domitius Ahonobarbus.
Source: Attridge, Harold W. Harold Attridge slide collection

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