Relating to the Capitoline Hill in Rome, site of the ancient Temple of Jupiter and center of Roman religious and political power.
From Latin Capitolinus, derived from caput meaning 'head,' because the hill was considered the head or center of the Roman Empire.
When American architects designed the U.S. Capitol building, they deliberately borrowed the name from Rome's Capitoline Hill to suggest that Washington was a new center of power and civilization!
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