Ara Pacis: The Altar And The Encloused Wall

Question 1

What was on the Altar ?

Answer 1

Elaborately carved scenes relating to the sacrifice that took place

Question 2

What are the scenes on the Altar ?

Answer 2

Semi nude slaves leading sacrificial beasts

Question 3

What is the Ara Pacis made from ?

Answer 3

Marble

Question 4

Where was the Ara Pacis originally located ?

Answer 4

Northwestern corner of the Campus Martius

Question 5

Where is the Ara Pacis currently located ?

Answer 5

Central Rome on the bank of the river Tiber

Question 6

What is the Altar surrounded by ?

Answer 6

An enclosure wall that was sculpted inside and out

Question 7

What did the western and eastern walls contain ?

Answer 7

Doorways into the enclosure

Question 8

What did the walls contain ?

Answer 8

1. Scenes that linked to the Augustan family to the founding of Rome
2. Rome’s important gods

Question 9

What did the northern and southern walls depict ?

Answer 9

Procession that took place to the Ara Pacis before the annual sacrifice

Question 10

What are the northern and southern walls similar to ?

Answer 10

The Frieze on the Parthenon that showed the Panathenaic processions
Again we can see this attempt to return to the golden age of Architecture

Question 11

What is depicted on the upper western façade ?

Answer 11

1. The moment the shepherd found Romulus and Remus being suckled by the she wolf
2. Aeneas offering a sacrifice in front of his son with the Penates behind him