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Along the South Procession, frontal view of figures who follow Augusts, the next group of figures, moving right, depicting two more flamines maiores (they face each other here and are distinguished by the little caps with points); Dedicated on 30 January 9 BCE, the altar was erected in the Campus Martius by the Roman Senate to commemorate Augustus' return from Spain and Gaul on 4 July 13 BCE. The best-known exemplar of Augustan art, it is typified by its eclectic mix of Classical and Hellenistic elements and skillful amalgam of Roman myth-history and contemporary events. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 9/1/2009)