What is Temple of Jupiter (Pompeii)?
[[Image:Forum in Pompeii 2.jpg|thumb|250px|The Temple of Jupiter with [[Mount Vesuvius]] in the background.]] The '''Temple of Jupiter''', '''Capitolium''', or '''Temple of the Capitoline Triad''' was a [[temple]] in the Roman city of [[Pompeii]] in [[Italy]]. At the beginning this temple was dedicated to [[Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter]] alone, it was built in the mid [[2nd century BC]] at the same time as the temple of [[Apollo]] was being worked on - this was the era at which Roman influence over Pompeii was at its height and so Roman Jupiter beat out the Greek Apollo and Jupiter(, [[Juno (mythology)|Juno]], and [[Minerva]]) in towns newly taken over by the Romans. This was also true for Pompeii, where the Temple of Jupiter that was already there was enlarged and made more Roman when the Romans took over. [[Image:Map of Poempeii by August Mau.jpg|thumb|left|Map of the Forum at Pompeii, with the Temple of Jupiter or Capitolium (H) at its north end (top centre)]] [[Image:Pompeii_Jupiter_Cyark.jpg|thumb|right|Bust of Jupiter at north end of Temple]] {{commons cat|Temple of Jupiter (Pompeii)}} Pompeii was taken over by the Romans beginning in 310 BC. It was still allowed to mostly run itself, however, until the Italic Revolt against Rome at the beginning of the [[1st century BC]]. The building style of the town was largely borrowed from the Greeks, but Roman rule would soon lead to changes in this style. As opposed to the previous Samnite rulers of Pompeii, the Romans thought that the building style was very important in religious as well as everyday life. Pompeii was changed into a much more public and open place. Public buildings and spaces would eventually be able to be found all over the city. The temple had been built in 150 BC to be a very noticeable part of the forum, and it became Pompeii's main temple after Rome took over. The inside of the temple housed the main room of the temple, which held the statues of Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva, and which only the priests were allowed to enter. In 62 an ea