statue of a winged Victory was found within the Capitolium, apparently hidden in late antiquity, probably to preserve it from one of the various sackings that the town had to endure in those times.
The Capitolium used to house the Brescia Roman museum but it has been moved to the nearby Santa Giulia (St Julia) complex, a former powerful nunnery, which during Lombard domination was headed by Princess Anselperga, daughter of King Desiderius.
In the area are visible (although not open to the public) various other Roman remains. Among these, on the south side of Forum Square there are scanty remains of a building called the curia but which may have been a basilica.
East of the Capitolium, and in antiquity attached to it, stands the imposing Roman theatre. Now only part of it is visible because of a palace built in Renaissance times on the slopes of Cidneo Hill, which in time slid down to cover the entire Capitolium-theatre area. It was again used for public performances in the early XX Century but has now long been closed to the public
