A temple in
Rome, commissioned by
Romulus to commemorate his taking of the
spolia opima from his defeated foe,
Acron, king of the
Caeninenses. The temple, named after “the Thundering Jupiter”, served for many centuries as the repository for
war trophies. In 428 B.C.
Cornelius Cossus slew
Tolumnius the Etruscan, the king of
Veii, and brought his spoils to Jupiter Feretrius. In 222
Marcus Claudius Marcellus did likewise, after killing the
Insubrian king.
The temple of
Jupiter Feretrius stood on the
Capitoline hill, and was relatively small and austere compared to its neighbors, the great temples surrounding the
area Capitolina. There is no mention of any statue of the god within temple, although there was likely at least an altar. The temple was rebuilt in 31 B.C by
Augustus Caesar, as it had been
neglected, and had lost its roof.