South procession. Detail
Marble.13—9 BCE. Rome, Museum of the Altar of Augustan Peace (Ara Pacis Augustae)
South procession. Detail.
Marble.
13—9 BCE.
13—9 BCE.
Rome, Museum of the Altar of Augustan Peace (Ara Pacis Augustae)
(Roma, Museo dell’Ara Pacis).
Description:
South procession, figure south 43, traditionally defined as Sextus Appuleius pater, about whom Cassius Dio (LI, 20) states that he was consul in 29 BC together with Octavian himself, and that later went to Spain as proconsul. In 26 BC he celebrated a triumph for the honours he had acquired during his campaign in the Iberian peninsula.
Credits:
© 2007. Photo, text: O. Rossini. Ara Pacis. Rome, Electa, 2007, p. 79.
Keywords: γλυπτική sculptura sculpture sculptural scultura skulptur ρωμαϊκό roman romana romano romani römisch römische römisches römischen römischer romain romaine romains romaines ανακούφιση relief rilievo ara pacis augustae altar of augustan peace altare della pace augustea des friedens augustus autel de la paix auguste marble male portrait man sextus appuleius g119 appulei corona wreath
