Jupiter, the Capitoline Triad At a relatively early date, the sky-god Jupiter (generally equated with the Greek god Zeus) took on great importance in the Roman state religion.

You are now standing on the site of ancient Rome’s most important religious monument, the Temple of the Capitoline Triad: Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Juno Regina and Minerva.

The damaged wall of a tomb at the ancient ruins of Pompeii, near Naples, southern Italy, on March 2, 2014. The Temple of Venus and walls of a tomb and shop in the long-neglected ruins of Pompeii ...

Larry F. Ball, John J. Dobbins, Pompeii Forum Project: Excavation and Urbanistic Reappraisals of the Sanctuary of Apollo, Basilica, and Via della Fortuna Neighborhood, American Journal of Archaeology, ...

His main temple in Rome, that of Jupiter Optimus Maximus ('The Best and Greatest') was established on the Capitoline Hill in 509 BC at the beginning of the Roman Republic, and was rebuilt several ...