CAPITOL

—(1) the citadel of ancient Rome on the summit of one of the Seven Hills, the Capitoline; contained temples of Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva. The present C. was designed by Michael Angelo. (2) seat of U.S.A. National Congre , Washington. ven to the laws emanating from the arolingian kings of the Franks, the most famous being those of Charlemagne and Louis I.; of great importance in. history of law and philologically.