A temple or shrine, particularly the temple of Jupiter on Capitoline Hill in Rome, or the main temple in a Roman city.
Latin term from Capitoline Hill, where the most important temple stood—Romans named the structure after its location, and the name stuck.
Every important Roman city tried to build its own capitolium to show it was civilized and connected to Rome—it was like the ancient equivalent of having a prestigious government building!
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