In this book, myth and history weave together to tell the story of a world-famous monument: the Ara Pacis Augustae. The story is brought to life through three unique perspectives: the Tiber River recalls its role as the cradle of Augustus’s lineage from Aeneas to Romulus and Remus; the Campus Martius evokes the grounds where young Romans competed and where the altar was built; Gaius Caesar, Augustus’s adopted son, reveals his family’s story and the sacred center where prayers were offered to the goddess Pax; and finally, the Tiber returns to chart the monument’s path from centuries of obscurity to the modern day.
Created in collaboration with the Ara Pacis Museum and the Special Superintendence for Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of Rome, this book is a journey through time written by Cristiana Pezzetta and illustrated by Gioia Marchegiani. It offers young readers the chance to see themselves as part of the grand flow of history, moving endlessly like a river.
- discovering that a monument can still speak to us;
- feeling part of History;
- journeying through time to see memory as a collective responsibility.
