Today we visited the Ara Pacis or The Altar of Peace. The creation of this monument marked the beginning of the Pax Romana, a Golden Age of Rome with stability, world dominance, and peace between Rome and her neighbors. The memorial is highly ornate, surrounded by marble reliefs, depicting images of the people who attended the consecration ceremony for the memorial, images from mythology, and images from history. The image above is one of Mother Earth sitting among the bounty of a time of peace. She has two children on her lap, which is filled with fresh fruit. The animals on the ground are lapping up the abundant water that has spilled over the Earth. Mother Earth is surrounded by two attendants who are sitting on symbolic representations of wind. The swan symbolizes the favorable winds; the dragon-like creature symbolizes the winds of destruction.
We also walked all around the city. Everyday, my feet are extremely dirty, but today was the worst dirtiness yet.
Yuck!
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