Capitoline

Related to Capitoline: Capitoline Hill, Capitoline Triad

Cap·i·to·line

(kăp′ĭ-tə-līn′)

The highest of the seven hills of ancient Rome. It was the historic and religious center of the city.

Cap′i·to·line′ adj.

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Capitoline

(ˈkæpɪtəˌlaɪn; kəˈpɪtəʊ-)

(Placename) 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

adj

1. (Placename) of or relating to the Capitoline or the temple of Jupiter

2. (Historical Terms) of or relating to the Capitoline or the temple of Jupiter

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Cap•i•to•line

(ˈkæp ɪ tlˌaɪn)
n.

1. one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built.

adj.

2. of or pertaining to the Capitoline or to the ancient temple of Jupiter that stood on this hill.

[1610–20; < Latin Capitōlīnus; see Capitol, -ine¹]

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He was sitting at vespers on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, the center of ancient Roman greatness, and the barefooted Catholic friars were singing the service of the hour in the shabby church which has long since supplanted the Roman Capitol.

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So spake the Enemie of Mankind, enclos'd In Serpent, Inmate bad, and toward EVE Address'd his way, not with indented wave, Prone on the ground, as since, but on his reare, Circular base of rising foulds, that tour'd Fould above fould a surging Maze, his Head Crested aloft, and Carbuncle his Eyes; With burnisht Neck of verdant Gold, erect Amidst his circling Spires, that on the grass Floted redundant: pleasing was his shape, And lovely, never since of Serpent kind Lovelier, not those that in ILLYRIA chang'd HERMIONE and CADMUS, or the God In EPIDAURUS; nor to which transformd AMMONIAN JOVE, or CAPITOLINE was seen, Hee with OLYMPIAS, this with her who bore SCIPIO the highth of ROME.

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E una rimemorazione profondamente siglata dall'immaginario felliniano (e tenuta a distanza di sicurezza dalle piu tetre risonanze della Roma fascista e nazista), ma nondimeno capace di immergersi nell'archivio delle forme culturali capitoline per elaborare una testimonianza audiovisiva talmente 'autenticata' da poter essere assunta come testimonianza fattualmente 'vera' (Montani 7-9).

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This claim to authenticity was reinforced by the emperor Hadrian who, bitter over the Jewish wars, filled in the site (actually a quarry) to provide a level base for his Capitoline temple to honor pagan gods.