 Imperial theology conscripted Rome's traditional cults as the divine upholders of Imperial Pax (peace) and prosperity, for the benefit of all.The emperor Augustus began the restoration of Ceres' Aventine Temple; his successor Tiberius completed it.Of the several figures on the Augustan Ara Pacis, one doubles as a portrait of the Empress Livia, who wears Ceres' "corona spicea".