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The marble sacrificial altar inside the enclosure of the Ara Pacis Augustae

Museo dell'Ara PacisCampo Marzio

The Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace)

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The museum's centrepiece: the marble Altar of Augustan Peace, voted by the Senate in 13 BC and consecrated in 9 BC. A sculpted enclosure of acanthus scrolls and mythological panels surrounds the sacrificial altar.

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