Capitoline
of or relating to the Capitoline or to the ancient temple of Jupiter that stood on this hill.
one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built.
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An earlier John the Baptist, now at the Capitoline Museum, dates from this period.
The Roman republic established and the first consuls elected, according to the Capitoline marbles.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellAn offering was then made in the temple of Liber on the Capitoline Hill, and the day ended with a feast at the father's house.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone JohnstonYou don't think that a fat old woman could have smuggled out the Capitoline Venus in her reticule, do you?
The Riddle of the Mysterious Light | Mary E. HanshewA great fright you gave me, though it would be an impossibility to steal the Capitoline Venus.
The Riddle of the Mysterious Light | Mary E. Hanshew
The enormous monument in course of erection on the Capitoline appears bigger.
Cathedral Cities of Italy | William Wiehe Collins
British Dictionary definitions for Capitoline
/ (ˈkæpɪtəˌlaɪn, kəˈpɪtəʊ-) /
the Capitoline the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome. The temple of Jupiter was on the southern summit and the ancient citadel on the northern summit
of or relating to the Capitoline or the temple of Jupiter
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