event
Altar of Victory controversy (382-384)
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Removal of the Senate's Altar of Victory and Symmachus' plea to restore it, answered by Ambrose.
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The Altar of Victory was located in the Roman Senate House and bore a gold statue of the goddess Victory. The altar was established by Octavian in 29 BC to commemorate the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium.
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