Capitol

Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, on s. summit of Capitoline Hill at Rome; begun by the Tarquins, completed 509 B.C. The central chamber was sacred to Jupiter, that on the right to Minerva, that on the left to Juno. The Senate sometimes met here. The image of Jupiter was at first of terra cotta, later of gold and ivory. The structure reared by Domitian ory. The temple was burned up till this force is balanced by the weight of the column of liquid. Since the gla -mercury tension is greater than the gla -air tension, the mercury is depre ed. The angle at which the liquid meets the walls of the tube is called the angle of contact or of capillarity. In general, when a solid body is | 83 B.C., and A.D. 69 and 80. stood till the 5th century. On the s. side of this hill was the Tarpeian rock, from which criminals were dashed to death. The citadel was on its n. summit, where the church of Santa Maria Ara Cæli now stands.