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IUPPITER TONANS, AEDES
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IUPPITER TONANS, AEDES
(templa, Martial; nao/s, Cass. Dio cit.):
a temple on
the Capitol, vowed by Augustus in 26 B.C. because of his narrow escape
from being struck by lightning during his Cantabrian campaign, and
dedicated ist September, 22 B.C. (Mon. Anc. iv. 5; Suet. Aug. 29; Mart.
vii. 60. 2; Cass. Dio liv. 4; Fast. Amit. Ant. Arv. ad Kal. Sept., CIL i².
p. 244, 248; vi. 2295). Cf. also CIL vi. 32323, 1. 31.
The name Iuppiter Tonans (cf. Ov. Fast. ii. 69:
Capitolinumque Tonantem; Mart. v. 16. 5: falcifer Tonans) was a
translation of *zeu\s brontw=n (Cass. Dio loc. cit.), which form appears
in a Latin transliteration in two inscriptions (CIL vi. 432, 2241). It was
famous for its magnificence (Suet. Aug. 29: inter opera praecipua),
with walls of solid marble (Plin. NH xxxvi. 50), and contained some
notable works of art (Plin. NH xxxiv. 78, 79). Augustus visited this
temple frequently, and on one occasion is said to have dreamed that
Jupiter complained that the popularity of
Samuel Ball Platner, Thomas Ashby, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, Chronological Index to Dateable Monuments (search)