12°28′59″E / 41.89333°N 12.48306°E / 41.89333; 12.48306 The Capitolium or Capitoline Hill (/ˈkæpɪtəlaɪn, kəˈpɪt-/ KAP-it-ə-lyne, kə-PIT-; Italian: Campidoglio...
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Capitoline Museums (Italian: Musei Capitolini) are a group of art and archaeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the Capitoline Hill...
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The Capitoline Triad was a group of three deities who were worshipped in ancient Roman religion in an elaborate temple on Rome's Capitoline Hill (Latin...
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The Capitoline Wolf (Italian: Lupa Capitolina) is a bronze sculpture depicting a scene from the legend of the founding of Rome. The sculpture shows a she-wolf...
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Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus (redirect from Temple of Jupiter (Capitoline Hill))
Greatest'), was the most important temple in Ancient Rome, located on the Capitoline Hill. It was surrounded by the Area Capitolina, a precinct where numerous...
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Querquetulanus; Celio) Capitoline Hill (Mons Capitolinus; Campidoglio) Esquiline Hill (Collis Esquilinus; Esquilino) Palatine Hill (Collis or Mons Palatinus;...
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Piazza del Campidoglio (section Capitoline Museums)
Piazza del Campidoglio ("Capitoline Square") is a public square (piazza) on the top of the ancient Capitoline Hill, between the Roman Forum and the Campus...
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Battle of the Allia (redirect from Capitoline geese)
decided to relieve the siege of the Capitoline Hill. Cominius Pontius was sent as a messenger to the Capitoline Hill to tell the besieged about the plan...
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all history. Located in the small valley between the Palatine and Capitoline Hills, the Forum today is a sprawling ruin of architectural fragments and...
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situated in the central part of Rome, leading from the Arx of the Capitoline Hill down to the Roman Forum. As viewed from the Forum, they passed down...
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cult of the Capitoline Triad (Jove, Minerva, Juno) could have been celebrated here well before it became associated with the Capitoline Hill. The sanctuary...
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Rome (redirect from City of the Seven Hills)
the Aventine Hill, the Caelian Hill, the Capitoline Hill, the Esquiline Hill, the Palatine Hill, the Quirinal Hill, and the Viminal Hill. Modern Rome...
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capitol in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A capitol, named after the Capitoline Hill in Rome, is usually a legislative building where a legislature meets...
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Jupiter (god) (category Capitoline Triad)
Many of his functions were focused on the Capitoline Hill, where the citadel was located. In the Capitoline Triad, he was the central guardian of the...
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with the armed escort of Sabinus, who was forced to retreat to the Capitoline Hill. During the night, he was joined by his relatives, including Domitian...
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Aventine Hill (Aventino) Caelian Hill (Celio) Capitoline Hill (Capitolino) Cispian Hill (Cispio) Esquiline Hill (Esquilino) Janiculum Hill (Gianicolo)...
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Romanised form by the elite and respectable matrons at a temple on the Capitoline Hill. A later temple, outside the Porta Collina and Rome's sacred boundary...
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Janiculum (redirect from Janiculum Hill)
on the hill. Seven hills of Rome Aventine Hill (Aventino) Caelian Hill (Celio) Capitoline Hill (Capitolino) Cispian Hill (Cispio) Esquiline Hill (Esquilino)...
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area of Rome being settled by around 1600 BC. Some evidence on the Capitoline Hill possibly dates as early as c. 1700 BC and the nearby valley that later...
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Tarpeian Rock (category Capitoline Hill)
Tarpeium; Italian: Rupe Tarpea) is a steep cliff on the south side of the Capitoline Hill that was used in Ancient Rome as a site of execution. Murderers, traitors...
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The Capitoline Brutus is an ancient Roman bronze bust traditionally but probably wrongly thought to be an imagined portrait of the Roman consul Lucius...
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See. Seven hills of Rome Aventine Hill (Aventino) Caelian Hill (Celio) Capitoline Hill (Capitolino) Cispian Hill (Cispio) Esquiline Hill (Esquilino)...
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Renaissance palace in central Rome, Italy, situated to the north of the Capitoline Hill. Today the property of the Republic of Italy it houses the National...
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army, captives, and the spoils of his war. At Jupiter's temple on the Capitoline Hill, he offered sacrifice and the tokens of his victory to Jupiter. In...
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with the armed escort of Sabinus, who was forced to retreat to the Capitoline Hill. During the night, he was joined by his relatives, including Domitian...
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deity Saturn. The temple of Saturn was located at the base of the Capitoline Hill, according to a tradition recorded by Varro formerly known as Saturnius...
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prompted so much unrest that Appius Herdonius was able to seize the Capitoline Hill and hold it against the city with a gang of outlaws and rebel slaves...
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attacked Rome, capturing all of the city except for the Capitoline Hill. Brennus besieged the hill, and finally the Romans asked to ransom their city. Brennus...
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Seven Hills Aventine Caelian Capitoline Esquiline Palatine Quirinal Viminal Tiber Island Monte Testaccio...
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Colossus of Constantine (category Sculptures in the Capitoline Museums)
courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, now part of the Capitoline Museums, on the Capitoline Hill, above the west end of the Forum. The great head, arms...
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