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CAPITOLIUM—CAPUT AFRICAE
Hist. iii. 71 ; cf. Hist. Aug. Elag. 30). Remains of these houses have
been found on the Arx near the church of S. Maria in Aracoeli, and at
the foot of the stairway leading from the Piazza d’Aracoeli to the
church (NS 1888, 497; 1889,68; Mitt. 1889, 255; BC 1873, iu-122,
143-146; 1888, 331 ; see also Acciaresi, Giuseppe Sacconi (Rome 1911),
p. 40, fig. 45 ; Capitolium ii. 270-275 ; cf. Fea, Fasti 114).
For the Capitoline in general, see Jord. i. 2. 1-154; Gilb. i. 2424-57 ;
RE iii. 1531-1538 ; E. Rodocanachi, Le Capitole romain antique et
moderne, Paris, 1904, and the English translation by Frederick Lawton,
The Roman Capitol in Ancient and Modern Times, London 1906 ; Hulsen
in Festschrift fur H. Kiepert, Berlin 1898, 207-222 ; and Bilder aus der
Geschichte des Kapitols, Rome, 1899 ; Rueter, Das Kapitol, Progr.
Halberstadt, 1898).
Capitolium : see Capitolinus Mons and Aedes Iovis Opt. Max. Capitolini.
Capitolium Vetus : the name given in historical times to a shrine of the
Capitoline triad, Juppiter, Juno, and Minerva, on the Quirinal, which
was older than that on the Capitoline (Varro, LL v. 158). It stood on
the northern edge of the hill, just north-west of the present Ministero della
Guerra (Mart. v. 22 ; vii. 73 ; Not. Reg. VII), where dedicatory inscrip-
tions belonging to it have been found (CIL i2. 726-9 =vi. 30925-9 j1
cf. p. 3034 ; HJ 395, 411 ; RhM 1894, 408; BC 1889, 390; RE iii.
1540 ; Rosch. ii. 653).
Capralia : apparently a popular designation for the district around the
Caprae palus (Fest. 65).
Caprae Palus (Capreae, Ov. Fast. ii. 491) : the pool or swamp in the campus
Martius where Romulus is said to have been snatched from the sight of
the Romans and carried up to heaven (Liv. i. 16. 1 ; Flor. i. 1 ; Solin.
i. 20 ; et al.). It is called Atyo? e'Xo? by Greek writers (Plut. Rom. 27 ;
Numa 2 ; Camil. 33 ; Zonar. vii. 4), and probably extended from the
lowest part of the campus Martius, the site of the Pantheon, towards
the Tiber, although its actual limits cannot now be determined (HJ 473-4),
and it should perhaps be placed nearer the Aedicula Capraria and
Vicus Caprarius (Eranos, 1923, 120-122). De Rossi’s attempt (BC
1883, 254-258) to place it near the via Nomentana is certainly mistaken
(PBS iii. 44).
Caput Africae : probably an institution (paedagogium) for the training
of imperial pages, mentioned in Reg. in Region II and on several inscrip-
tions (CIL v. 1039 ; vi. 1052, 8982-8987), that may have been named
from some monument belonging to it or in the immediate neighbourhood.
It is quite probable that there was also a street named from it, the vicus
Capitis Africae, running probably from the south-east end of the Colosseum
to the Macellum Magnum, the present church of S. Stefano Rotondo, along
1 vi. 30928 (with 30921, 30923) =i2. 732 may belong either to this locality or to the
Capitol proper.
CAPITOLIUM—CAPUT AFRICAE
Hist. iii. 71 ; cf. Hist. Aug. Elag. 30). Remains of these houses have
been found on the Arx near the church of S. Maria in Aracoeli, and at
the foot of the stairway leading from the Piazza d’Aracoeli to the
church (NS 1888, 497; 1889,68; Mitt. 1889, 255; BC 1873, iu-122,
143-146; 1888, 331 ; see also Acciaresi, Giuseppe Sacconi (Rome 1911),
p. 40, fig. 45 ; Capitolium ii. 270-275 ; cf. Fea, Fasti 114).
For the Capitoline in general, see Jord. i. 2. 1-154; Gilb. i. 2424-57 ;
RE iii. 1531-1538 ; E. Rodocanachi, Le Capitole romain antique et
moderne, Paris, 1904, and the English translation by Frederick Lawton,
The Roman Capitol in Ancient and Modern Times, London 1906 ; Hulsen
in Festschrift fur H. Kiepert, Berlin 1898, 207-222 ; and Bilder aus der
Geschichte des Kapitols, Rome, 1899 ; Rueter, Das Kapitol, Progr.
Halberstadt, 1898).
Capitolium : see Capitolinus Mons and Aedes Iovis Opt. Max. Capitolini.
Capitolium Vetus : the name given in historical times to a shrine of the
Capitoline triad, Juppiter, Juno, and Minerva, on the Quirinal, which
was older than that on the Capitoline (Varro, LL v. 158). It stood on
the northern edge of the hill, just north-west of the present Ministero della
Guerra (Mart. v. 22 ; vii. 73 ; Not. Reg. VII), where dedicatory inscrip-
tions belonging to it have been found (CIL i2. 726-9 =vi. 30925-9 j1
cf. p. 3034 ; HJ 395, 411 ; RhM 1894, 408; BC 1889, 390; RE iii.
1540 ; Rosch. ii. 653).
Capralia : apparently a popular designation for the district around the
Caprae palus (Fest. 65).
Caprae Palus (Capreae, Ov. Fast. ii. 491) : the pool or swamp in the campus
Martius where Romulus is said to have been snatched from the sight of
the Romans and carried up to heaven (Liv. i. 16. 1 ; Flor. i. 1 ; Solin.
i. 20 ; et al.). It is called Atyo? e'Xo? by Greek writers (Plut. Rom. 27 ;
Numa 2 ; Camil. 33 ; Zonar. vii. 4), and probably extended from the
lowest part of the campus Martius, the site of the Pantheon, towards
the Tiber, although its actual limits cannot now be determined (HJ 473-4),
and it should perhaps be placed nearer the Aedicula Capraria and
Vicus Caprarius (Eranos, 1923, 120-122). De Rossi’s attempt (BC
1883, 254-258) to place it near the via Nomentana is certainly mistaken
(PBS iii. 44).
Caput Africae : probably an institution (paedagogium) for the training
of imperial pages, mentioned in Reg. in Region II and on several inscrip-
tions (CIL v. 1039 ; vi. 1052, 8982-8987), that may have been named
from some monument belonging to it or in the immediate neighbourhood.
It is quite probable that there was also a street named from it, the vicus
Capitis Africae, running probably from the south-east end of the Colosseum
to the Macellum Magnum, the present church of S. Stefano Rotondo, along
1 vi. 30928 (with 30921, 30923) =i2. 732 may belong either to this locality or to the
Capitol proper.