1. Bunson, Mathew, ed. "Art and Architecture, Ara Pacis, Campus Martius." Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Facts on File, 2002.
Source articles give dates of official inauguration and offer some interpretation of the arrangement of figures on the monument. Offers two major purposes of the style of art employed in the altar.
2. Champlin, Edward, Andrew Lintott, and Alan K. Bowman, eds. The Cambridge Ancient History. 2nd ed. Vol. 10. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1996.
Bowman provides a conflicting argument on the reason for the construction of the Ara Pacis. He also shares his Interpretations of the symbols contained in the reliefs.
3. Cooley, M.g.l., ed. The Age of Augustus. Trans. B.w.j.g. Wilson. Vol. 17. LACTOR, 2003. 30.
Cooley interprets the panels on the walls in great detail and explains who certain important figures are. Furthermore he provides us with a translation of the Res Gestae and Ovid's Fasti. He proved to be very reliable since his opinions were similar to those accepted in encyclopedias and other reference material.
4. D, J. "Ara Pacis; Campus Martius; sculpture, Roman." The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Ed. Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth. 3rd ed. New York, NY: Oxford University, 1996.
Offers the purposes of Roman sculpture in the Augustan era and physical dimensions of the Ara Pacis. This was useful in the overall purpose page but was not relied on for information regarding individual panels.
5. Eck, Werner. The Age of Augustus. Trans. Deborah Lucas Schneider. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2003. 122-123.
A description of the 13BC redesign of the Campus Martius to make room for the Ara Pacis.
6. Fehlermeldungen, Plastik. "Ara Pacis Browser." Universität zu Köln. 24 Oct. 2005 <http://134.95.113.230/arapacis/index.html>.
Extremely detailed images of the Ara Pacis. Contains both close and panoramic views of the monument.
7. Galinsky, Karl. Augustan Culture. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University, 1996. 141-155.
Galinsky was essential in providing a large close analysis of details of the Ara Pacis. He goes into such detail as including the location of the Ara Pacis and interpreting the sculptural depictions found on the exterior of the Ara Pacis. He also provides visuals (which were not used in this website) to help identify what exactly he is describing (something useful not found in most texts that interpret the walls of the Ara Pacis). The information is believed to be accurate is it was similar to that provided by Cooley..
8. Jahnige, Joan. "Ara Pacis Tour." KET: Latin 2. Kentucky Education Television. 24 Oct. 2005 <http://www.dl.ket.org/latin2/historia/empire/arapacis/index.htm>.
This website contains a broader virtual tour of the Ara Pacis. There are descriptions of a few pictures which express descriptions with few personal interpretations. Although the interpretations that were provided were not accurate when compared with authors such as Cooley and Galinsky, they did offer a point of view which reflects a normal person viewing the Ara Pacis.
9. Kerr, Minott. "Contexts for the Ara Pacis." 12 Feb. 1997. Reed College. 25 Oct. 2005 <http://www.reed.edu/~mkerr/papers/apacis97.html>.
A lengthy paper with a brief discussion on the uses/images contained on the altar proper.
10. Moore, J M., and P A. Brunt, eds. Res Gestae Divi Augusti. 2nd ed. London: Oxford UP, 1967. 53-54.
Provides insight of the relationship between Augustus and religion, also explains the use of the altar as propaganda.
11. Rehak, Paul. "Aeneas or Noma?" Find Articles. June 2001. 25 Oct. 2005 <http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0422/is_2_83/ai_84192627>.
This source supplied us with useful information regarding Aeneas and the details of the Front Right panel of the Ara Pacis. Dr. Rehak also explores the idea that Aeneas is instead Numa. His arguments, however, exceed the scope of this website.
12. Thayer, Bill. "Ara Pacis Augustæ." LacusCurtius. 25 Oct. 2005 <http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/Ara_Pacis/home.html>.
This website provided us with a useful broad reference of the monument from LacusCurtius.
13. Zanker, Paul. The Power of Images in the Age of Augustus. Trans. Alan Shapiro. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, 1990. 160-161.
Zanker offers an argument regarding the reason for the Ara Pacis being relatively modest when compared to other Roman architecture of the day. His point of view helps paint a better picture of Augustus and his methods of inspiring the empire.