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Aelia came from Hadrian's nomen gentile, Aelius, while Capitolina meant that the new city was dedicated to Jupiter Capitolinus, to whom a temple was built on the site of the former Jewish temple, the Temple Mount.
The city was without walls, protected by a light garrison of the Tenth Legion, during the Late Roman Period.
The detachment at Jerusalem, which apparently encamped all over the city ’ s western hill, was responsible for preventing Jews from returning to the city.
The Latin name Aelia is the source of the Arabic term Iliyā ' ( إلياء ), an early Islamic name for Jerusalem.
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