When the Gauls attacked Rome, the Capitoline did not fall because of the geese who gave warning. The temple of Juno Moneta, possibly named moneta for the warning of the geese, is also on the Capitoline. This is where coins were minted, providing the etymology for the word "money".
The assassins of Caesar locked themselves in the Temple of Capitoline Jupiter after the murder.
Criminals were dropped from the hill onto the Tarpeian crags below.
