Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Wade Tuttle
Creators: Wade Tuttle
Contributors:
John Muccigrosso, Brady Kiesling, R. Scott Smith, Anika Campbell, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Mar 21, 2026 08:24 PM
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History
The chief temple of the city of Rome was located on the Capitoline Hill.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/871801169
41.892222, 12.481667
- Representative Locations:
- GeoHack location of Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 2000 meters.
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- Aedis Iovis Optimi Maximi Capitolini (Latin, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Capitolinus (English, modern)
- aedes Capitolina (aedes Capitolina: Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus located on Capitolinus Mons (750 BC - AD 640)
- Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus part of (analytical) Regio VIII (Forum Romanum) (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus located at Roma (750 BC - AD 640)
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sanctuary (religious center), temple
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- Arata 2010
- Arata 2010a
- Cifani 2008 80-109
- D'Ambrosio et al. 2023
- Hopkins 2016
- Kaderka and Tucci 2021
- LTUR III, p. 144-8 s.v. “Iuppiter Optimus Maximus Capitolinus, Aedes, Templum (Fino All’ A. 83 a.C.)”
- LTUR III, p. 148-53 s.v. “Iuppiter Optimus Maximus Capitolinus, Aedes, Templum (Fasi Tardo-Repubblicane e di età Imperiale”
- Mura Sommella 2000
- Perry 2012
- Platner 1929 (Perseus) IUPPITER OPTIMUS MAXIMUS CAPITOLINUS, AEDES
- Sobocinski 2013
- Stamper 2005
- ToposText Capitolium (Rome) 788 Campidoglio - Καπιτώλιον
- ToposText Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus (Rome) 29 Roma
- Wikipedia (English) Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus
- Wikipedia (Italian) Tempio di Giove Ottimo Massimo
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Wade Tuttle, John Muccigrosso, Brady Kiesling, R. Scott Smith, Anika Campbell, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, and Tom Elliott, 'Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/871801169> [accessed: 12 May 2026]
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