Location: VIII . 7 . 25. Temple of Asclepius, and Hygieia, or Temple of Jupiter Meilichios (Temple of Aesculapius and Hygeia, or Temple of Zeus Meilichios)
Excavated 1766, 1789, 1800, 1806 and 1869.
View from the courtyard with altar and stairs leading to the Temple.
The Temple of Jupiter, Capitolium, or Temple of the Capitoline Triad, was a temple in Roman Pompeii, at the north end of the 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 So Roman Jupiter superseded the Greek Apollo as the town's leading divinity.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 centre of Roman religion and of the cult of state.
