Hardcover
1997 · Chapel Hill and London
by Conlin, Diane Atnally
Chapel Hill and London: The University of North Carolina Press, 1997. Hardcover. VG/VG- light corner wear and minor edge curling to dust jacket.. Black cloth, silver & illus. dust jacket, 145 pp., 247 BW figures. "The Ara Pacis Augustae, or Altar of Augustan Peace, was built to commemorate the return to Rome of the emperor Augustus and his general Agrippa, who had been away for many years on military campaigns. Dedicated in 9 B.C., the monument consists of an altar and surrounding wall, both decorated with a series of processional friezes. ... [This book] makes a pathbreaking contribution to the study of this important monument." (dj) Includes hundreds of close-up illustraions.
(Inventory #: 155976)