The Capitolium Vetus (Latin for "old
Capitol" or "ancient Capitol") was an archaic temple in
ancient Rome
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, dedicated to the
Capitoline Triad
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 ''Capitolium''). It comprised Jupiter, Juno and Minerva. The triad held a central place in th ...
. distinguishes it from the main temple to the Triad on the
Capitol and shows that it was the older of the two and possibly the oldest temple in Rome dedicated to them. It was on a site in what is now the
Trevi
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district, to the north of the
Quirinal
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and to the north-west of the
Ministry of Defence
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. Its dedicatory inscriptions were found near the ministry.
[CIL I2 726-9 = VI 30925-9]
See also
*
List of Ancient Roman temples
References
Bibliography
*Samuel Ball Platner and Thomas Ashby, ''A topographical dictionary of Ancient Rome'', Oxford University Press, 1929
Rome R. II Trevi
Temples of Jupiter in Rome
Capitoliums
Destroyed Roman temples
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