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Location of the temple. The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, also known as the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus (Latin: Aedes Iovis Optimi Maximi Capitolini; Italian: Tempio di Giove Ottimo Massimo; lit. ' Temple of Jupiter, the Best and Greatest '), was the most important temple in Ancient Rome, located on the Capitoline Hill.
The Temple of Jupiter is a colossal Roman temple in Baalbek, Lebanon. It is the largest of the Roman world after the Temple of Venus and Roma in Rome. It is unknown who commissioned or designed the temple, nor exactly when it was constructed. It is most likely construction begun in the first century BC.
The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Capitolinus is the most important of the temples. It was built in 509 BC and was nearly as large as the Parthenon. The hill and the temple of Jupiter became the symbols of Rome, the capital of the world. [9] The Temple of Saturn was built at the foot of Capitoline Hill in the western end of the Forum Romanum.
Temple of Jupiter Stator (8th century BC) (Jupiter the Unmoving), in the Roman Forum; destroyed in the Great Fire of Rome; Temple of Jupiter Stator (2nd century BC), in the Campus Martius; Temple of Jupiter Victor, ruins on the Palatine Hill which until 1956 were thought to be a temple to Jupiter, but are now identified as the Temple of Apollo ...
The Temple of Jupiter, Capitolium, or Temple of the Capitoline Triad, was a temple in Roman Pompeii, at the north end of its forum.Initially dedicated to Jupiter alone, it was built in the mid-2nd century BC at the same time as the Temple of Apollo was being renovated – this was the area at which Roman influence over Pompeii increased.
Headless sphinx in front of the entrance to the ancient Roman temple, today the Christian chapel. Pre-Romanesque marble tablet depicting the Croatian king. The Temple of Jupiter was constructed between 295 and 305 as part of Diocletian's Palace. It was dedicated to the supreme Roman god and Diocletian's "divine father", Jupiter. The temple is ...
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The Temple of Jupiter Anxur (Italian: Tempio di Giove Anxur) is an Ancient Roman temple that is located in Terracina, Italy. [ 1 ] The temple was built between the mid-second and mid-first century BC and is dedicated to Jupiter , who was the protector of Anxur. [ 2 ]