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Capitoline games

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Capitolian \Cap`i*to"li*an\, Capitoline \Cap"i*to*line\, a. [L.
   capitolinus: cf. F. capitolin.]
   Of or pertaining to the Capitol in Rome. ``Capitolian Jove.''
   --Macaulay.

   {Capitoline games} (Antiq.), annual games instituted at Rome
      by Camillus, in honor of Jupter Capitolinus, on account of
      the preservation of the Capitol from the Gauls; when
      reinstituted by Domitian, arter a period of neglect, they
      were held every fifth year.
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