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Definition: Capitolian
Capitolian
\Cap`i*to"li*an\, Capitoline
\Cap"i*to*line\, a. [L.
capitolinus: cf. F. capitolin.]
Of or pertaining to the Capitol in Rome.
“Capitolian Jove.”
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
Capitoline games (Antiq.), annual games instituted at Rome
by Camillus, in honor of Jupiter Capitolinus, on account
of the preservation of the Capitol from the Gauls; when
reinstituted by Domitian, after a period of neglect, they
were held every fifth year.
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