Jupiter Tonans

E819333

Roman deity Roman temple aspect of Jupiter thunder god

Jupiter Tonans is an aspect of the Roman god Jupiter venerated specifically as the deity of thunder and lightning.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman deity ⓘ Roman temple ⓘ aspect of Jupiter ⓘ thunder god ⓘ
associatedWith	lightning ⓘ sky ⓘ thunder ⓘ
category	Ancient Roman religion ⓘ Jupiter epithets ⓘ Roman gods of thunder ⓘ
commissionedBy	Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ
cultCenter	Capitoline Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
cultPatron	Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ
cultType	state cult ⓘ
dedicatedIn	22 BCE ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Jupiter Tonans NERFINISHED ⓘ
depictedAs	bearded god with thunderbolt ⓘ
epithetOf	Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ
equivalentTo	Zeus Brontios NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	male deity ⓘ
hasAttribute	scepter ⓘ thunderbolt ⓘ
hasDomain	Roman religion ⓘ
hasFeastOrRitual	sacrifices for protection from storms ⓘ
hasIconography	seated on throne with thunderbolt ⓘ standing with raised thunderbolt ⓘ
hasRole	deity of lightning ⓘ deity of thunder ⓘ
hasTemple	Temple of Jupiter Tonans NERFINISHED ⓘ
honoredBy	Roman Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman emperors ⓘ
languageOfName	Latin ⓘ
locatedIn	Capitoline Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Rome ⓘ
meaningOfName	Jupiter the Thunderer NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOfPantheon	Roman pantheon NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Jupiter cult ⓘ Roman state religion ⓘ
relatedForm	Jupiter Fulgar NERFINISHED ⓘ Jupiter Optimus Maximus NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousFunction	averting thunderbolts ⓘ protection from lightning ⓘ
symbol	eagle ⓘ storm clouds ⓘ thunderbolt ⓘ
worshippedIn	Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
worshipPeriod	Roman Imperial period ⓘ late Roman Republic ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jupiter → epithet → Jupiter Tonans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jupiter Fulgur

Capitoline Triad → iconography → Jupiter Tonans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jupiter with thunderbolt