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What is the intended interplay among the processions, the four smaller panels, and the function of the Ara Pacis ? How is the monument polysemiotic and multivalent?. Curia Iulia (Senate House), 29 BCE. Coin of Augustus celebrating the triple triumph in 29 BCE and the commemorative arch.
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What is the intended interplay among the processions, the four smaller panels, and the function of the Ara Pacis? How is the monument polysemiotic and multivalent?
Coin of Augustus celebrating the triple triumph in 29 BCE and the commemorative arch
Palatine Hill, Temple of Apollo, houses of Augustus and Livia: temple vowed after Naulochus (vs. S. Pompey) in 36, again in 31; dedicated in 28, part of the LudiSaeculares in 17 BCE
Augustus’ Horologium [obelisk pointed(?) towards AraPacis on his birthday, Sept. 23rd]
Remains of the horologium (obelisk in the Piazza diMontecitorio, 800’ south of its original position)
Horologium inscription (InscriptionesLatinaeSelectae91) = K35 Imp(erator) Caesar divi f(ilius) Augustus pontifexmaximus imp(erator) XII, co(n)s(ul) XI, trib(unicia) pot(estate) XIV Aegypto in potestatem populi Romani redacta Soli donumdedit “Emperor Caesar son of the divine chief priest, hailed imperator 12 times, consul 11 times, holding tribunician power for the 14th time once Egypt had been reduced to the power of the Roman people gave this as a gift to the Sun.”
Augustus’ Mausoleum, Ustrinum(funeral pyre) and Horologium(sundial)
Mausoleum of Augustus, 28 BCE Res Gestae would have been displayed on the doorposts
Tomb markers of Marcellus and Octavia(Gaius Marcellus, son of Octavia, husband of Julia & son-in-law and nephew of Augustus,and Octavia, sister of Augustus) Marcellus s(on of) G(aius) Octavia d(aughter of) G(aius) nephew sister of Augustus Caesar of Augu[stus Caesar]
NaumachiaAugusti, 2 BCE Ancient Naumachia, F.-P. Charpentier(1782) Modern Naumachia, Treasure Island, Las Vegas