Temple of Jupiter (Pompeii)

For other temples dedicated to Jupiter, see Temple of Jupiter (disambiguation).
The Temple of Jupiter
Map of the Forum at Pompeii, with the Temple of Jupiter or Capitolium (H) at its north end (top centre).
Bust of Jupiter at north end of Temple

The Temple of Jupiter, Capitolium, or Temple of the Capitoline Triad, was a temple in Roman Pompeii, at the north end of its forum. Initially dedicated to Jupiter alone, it was built in the mid-2nd century BC at the same time as the Temple of Apollo was being renovated – this was the area at which Roman influence over Pompeii increased. So Roman Jupiter superseded the Greek Apollo as the town's leading divinity. Jupiter was the ruler of the gods and the protector of Rome, where his temple was the center of Roman religion and of the cult of state.

Temple plan