South procession. Detail of Gaius Caesar
Marble.13—9 BCE. Rome, Museum of the Altar of Augustan Peace (Ara Pacis Augustae)
South procession. Detail of Gaius Caesar.
Marble.
13—9 BCE.
13—9 BCE.
Rome, Museum of the Altar of Augustan Peace (Ara Pacis Augustae)
(Roma, Museo dell’Ara Pacis).
Description:
He was Augustus’ nephew and adopted son; in 13 BC he was chosen as the heir who would have succeeded the ruler. Gaius died young in AD 4, at the age of twenty-four, when he was mortally wounded during a military campaign in Armenia.
Credits:
© 2007. Photo, text: O. Rossini. Ara Pacis. Rome, Electa, 2007, p. 68—69.
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