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AELIA CAPITOLINA

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 256 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AELIA CAPITOLINA  , the

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city built by the
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emperor
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Hadrian, A.D . 131, and occupied by a
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Roman
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colony, on the site of
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Jerusalem (q.v.), which was in ruins when he visited his Syrian dominions . Aelia is derived from the emperor's
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family name, and Capitolina from that of
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Jupiter Capitolinus, to whom a
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temple was built on the site of the Jewish temple .

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