Aelia capitolina , the city built by the emperor
Hadrian, A.D.
131, and occupied by a Roman colony, on the site of Jerusalem (q.v.), which was in ruins when he visited his Syrian dominions. Aelia is derived from the emperor's family name, and Capilolina from that of
Jupiter Capitolinus, to whom a temple was built on the site of the Jewish temple.
From an old 1911 Encyclopedia
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