Capitolinus

Căpĭtōlīnus, a, um, adj. [Capitolium],

• of or pertaining to the Capitol, Capitoline: clivus, Cic. Rab. Perd. 11, 31: sedes, id. Div. 1, 12, 19; 2, 20, 45: collis, Mart. 12, 21: area, Suet. Calig. 22; 34; Gell. 2, 10, 2.—Of Jupiter, Auct. Dom. 57, 144; Suet. Caes. 84; id. Aug. 30; 91; 94; id. Tib. 53; id. Dom. 4: dapes, that was given to Jupiter, Mart. 12, 48: Venus, Suet. Calig. 7: amphora, q. v.: ludi, Liv. 5, 50, 4: certamen, Suet. Dom. 13; cf. id. ib. 4: quercus, a crown of oak given to victors in the Capitoline games, Juv. 6, 387. —
• • B Subst.
  • • 1 Căpĭtōlīnus, i, m., the Capitoline Hill, Auct. Her. 4, 32, 43.—
    • 2 Căpĭtōlīni, ōrum, m., persons who had the charge of these games, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 5, 2.— In sing., a cognomen of M. Manlius, on account of his rescue of the Capitol, Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 24.

1 Căpĭtōlīnus, (10) a, um, Capitolin, du Capitole : v. clivus ; Juppiter Capitolinus Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, Jupiter Capitolin ; ludi Capitolini Liv. 5, 50, 4, jeux Capitolins [célébrés en lʼhonneur de Jupiter] ; dapes Capitolinæ Mart. 12, 48, 12, festin servi à Jupiter dans la cérémonie du lectisternium ; Capitolina quercus Juv. 6, 387, couronne de chêne, prix du vainqueur dans les jeux Capitolins [institués par Domitien] || -līnī, ōrum, m. , prêtres chargés de la célébration des jeux Capitolins : Cic. Q. 2, 5, 2.

2 Căpĭtōlīnus, (11) ī, m. , surnom des Quinctius, des Manlius : Liv. 3, 12, 2 ; not^t M. Manlius Capitolinus, qui sauva le Capitole : Liv. 5, 31, 2 || Jules Capitolin, un des auteurs de lʼHistoire Auguste.

Capitōlīnus adj.

• Capitolium, of the Capitol, Capitoline: clivus: ludi, L.: quercus, a crown of oak awarded in the Capitoline games, Iu.—Plurm. as subst., the directors of the Capitoline games.

Capitolīnus

(1) A surname of Iupiter, from his temple on the Mons Capitolinus.

(2) A surname of M. Manlius (q.v.), who, for his ambition in aspiring to sovereign power, was thrown down from the Tarpeian Rock, which he had so nobly defended (Flor.i. 13 and 26).

(3) Mons, one of the seven hills on which Rome was built, containing the citadel and fortress of the Capitol. (See Capitolium.) Three ascents led to its summit from below. (a) By the 100 steps of the Tarpeian Rock, which was probably on the steepest side, where it overhangs the Tiber. (b) The Clivus Capitolinus, which began from the Arch of Tiberius and the Temple of Saturn, near the modern Hospital of the Consolazione, and led to the citadel by a winding path. (c) The Clivus Asȳli, which, being less steep than the other two, was, on that account, the road by which the triumphant generals were borne in their cars to the Capitol. This ascent began at the Arch of Septimius Severus, and from thence, winding to the left, passed near the ruined pillars of the Temple of Concord, and from thence led to the Intermontium. The Capitoline Hill is said to have been previously called Saturnius, from the ancient city of Saturnia, of which it was the citadel. Afterwards it was known by the name of Mons Tarpeius, and finally it obtained the appellation first mentioned, from the circumstance of a human head (caput) being discovered on its summit, in making the foundations of the Temple of Iupiter. It was considered as forming two summits, which, though considerably depressed, are yet sufficiently apparent. That which looked to the south and the Tiber was the Tarpeian Rock or citadel, the other, which was properly the Capitol, faced the north and the Quirinal. The space which was left between these two elevations was known by the name of Intermontium. See Roma.

Capitolīnus

(1) Petilius. A governor of the Capitol. (Compare the commentators on Horace, Sat. i. 4, 94.) It is also related that he was accused of having stolen, during his office, a golden crown, consecrated to Iupiter, and that, having pleaded his cause in person, he was acquitted by the judges, in order to gratify Augustus, with whom he was on friendly terms.

(2) Iulius, one of those later Roman historians whose works form what has been termed the Augustan History (Augusta Historia). He lived during the reigns of Diocletian and Constantine the Great, and we have from him the lives of Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Verus, Pertinax, Albinus, Macrinus, the two Maximins, the three Gordians, Maximus, and Balbinus. He wrote other lives also which have not reached us. The greater part of his biographies are dedicated to Diocletian and Constantine. His works show carelessness and want of proper arrangement. See Augustae Historiae Scriptores.