Temple
Iovis Tifatinus
auf dem Berg Tifata [2], oberhalb von Casagiove [8]
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On the eastern slope of Mount Tifata, above Casagiove near Capua, stood the temple behind Iovis Tifatinus, Jupiter of Tifata, the Romans' highest god as worshipped on this mountain, and its foundations lie under the ruined chapel of San Nicola. The map draws a small house beside the god's name, the sign of a place of worship, linked to no road, and on the other side of the mountain it marks a shrine of Diana. Tifata meant oak wood, according to the Roman writer Festus. From these wooded heights Hannibal operated for a long time, and here Sulla won a battle in 83 BC.