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The Capitoline Hill (Capitolinus Mons), between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the famous
seven hills of Rome,
the site of a temple for the Capitoline Triad: the gods Jupiter, his wife
Juno and their daughter Minerva. The temple was
started by Rome's last king, Lucius Tarquinius
Superbus, and was considered one of the largest and the most beautiful temples in the city.
The English word capitol derives from Capitoline Hill.
External link
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Samuel Ball Platner, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome:
Capitoline Hill
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