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Capitoline

hill, Rome, Italy

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In Rome: The Capitoline
The Capitoline Hill (Italian: Campidoglio) was the fortress and asylum of Romulus’s Rome. The northern peak was the site of the Temple of Juno Moneta (the word money derives from the temple’s function as the early mint) and the citadel emplacements now occupied by…
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