Visual Sources

Question 1

Ara Pacis (when & why was it built, who is on it, what does it represent)

Answer 1

-Built 9BC for sacrifices
-Narrative friezes of Aeneas, Roma, Tellus, Romulus and Remus, & the Imperial Procession
-Decorated with flora of Italy, representing fertility
-Agrippa, Livia, Drusus, Tiberius & Augustus in the Procession

Question 2

Livia on the Ara Pacis (2 features and her overall significance)

Answer 2

-Modest clothing
-Child looking up at her
-Motherly presentation

Question 3

Mausoleum of Augustus (when was it built, where was it, what did it have, how tall was it)

Answer 3

-28BC
On the Campus Martius
-Cypress trees
-42m tall
-Res Gestae engraved on pillars outside

Question 4

Temple of Mars Ultor (when where & why was it built, material, 2 features)

Answer 4

-2BC
-In the Forum of Augustus
-To celebrate Philippi victory in 42BC
-Made of luna marble
-Altar used for blood sacrifices
-Statue of Mars Ultor, Venus, and Caesar

Question 5

Forum of Augustus (when, where, 3 features)

Answer 5

-Started in 27BC finished in 14AD
-Campus Martius
-Statues of the Julian Clan & Rome’s founders
-Temple of Mars Ultor
-Portico + exedra