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Aelia Capitolina
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Concise Bible Dictionary
:
The
name
given by the Roman emperor Hadrian to a
city
he raised on the ruins of
Jerusalem
about
A.D. 136. He refused to
let
any Jews enter the city and sought to stamp out the very name of Jerusalem. Temples were erected to Capitoline
Jupiter
and to Phrygian Astarte. The city bore the above name
for
centuries.
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