The chariot, drawn by four horses, was wreathed in laurel, and the triumphator was attired like the Capitoline Jupiter in robes of purple and gold. |
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An earlier John the Baptist, now at the Capitoline Museum, dates from this period. |
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Appropriately, with his head veiled he had the omens taken on the Capitoline Hill, accompanied by augurs and priests, and received the requested signs. |
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The Gauls looted and burned the city, then laid siege to the Capitoline Hill. |
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The state archives were kept in a structure on the slope between the Roman Forum and the Capitoline Hill. |
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These were in contrast to a wolf and a statue of Marcus Aurelius in the Capitoline. |
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The most important building Domitian restored was the Temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill, said to have been covered with a gilded roof. |
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The Palazzo today is one of the Capitoline Museums, which serve a double duty as museums and city government buildings. |
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Unlike his predecessors, Constantine neglected to make the trip to the Capitoline Hill and perform customary sacrifices at the Temple of Jupiter. |
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Most Romans had fled the city, but some barricaded themselves upon the Capitoline Hill for a last stand. |
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The seat of the comune is the Palazzo Senatorio on the Capitoline Hill, the historic seat of the city government. |
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In the Roman tradition, oaths were sworn upon Iuppiter Lapis or the Jupiter Stone located in the Temple of Jupiter, Capitoline Hill. |
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After a major sacking by Vandals in 455, and comprehensive removal of stone in the Renaissance, only foundations can now be seen, in the basement of the Capitoline Museums. |
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He stood for election to a third term in 121 BC, but was defeated and then murdered by representatives of the senate with 3,000 of his supporters on Capitoline Hill in Rome. |
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In 86 he founded the Capitoline Games, a quadrennial contest comprising athletic displays, chariot racing, and competitions for oratory, music and acting. |
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Bovillae, about twelve miles outside Rome, was the original site of a monument dating from the Augustan period and now located in the Capitoline Museum. |
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