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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_97460" /> == | |||
<p> '''(1):''' The edifice at [[Washington]] occupied by the [[Congress]] of the United States; also, the building in which the legislature of State holds its sessions; a statehouse. </p> <p> '''(2):''' The temple of Jupiter, at Rome, on the [[Mona]] Capitolinus, where the [[Senate]] met. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_70036" /> == | |||
<p> A temple and citadel erected by Tarquin on the Capitoline Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome, and where victors who were voted a triumph were crowned; terminated at its southern extremity by Tarpeian Rock, from which criminals guilty of treason were precipitated; hence the saying, "The Tarpeian Rock is near the Capitol," to denote the close connection between glory and disgrace. </p> | <p> A temple and citadel erected by Tarquin on the Capitoline Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome, and where victors who were voted a triumph were crowned; terminated at its southern extremity by Tarpeian Rock, from which criminals guilty of treason were precipitated; hence the saying, "The Tarpeian Rock is near the Capitol," to denote the close connection between glory and disgrace. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:02, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): The edifice at Washington occupied by the Congress of the United States; also, the building in which the legislature of State holds its sessions; a statehouse.
(2): The temple of Jupiter, at Rome, on the Mona Capitolinus, where the Senate met.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A temple and citadel erected by Tarquin on the Capitoline Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome, and where victors who were voted a triumph were crowned; terminated at its southern extremity by Tarpeian Rock, from which criminals guilty of treason were precipitated; hence the saying, "The Tarpeian Rock is near the Capitol," to denote the close connection between glory and disgrace.
