Camp Jupiter

"Aut vincere aut mori. Conquer or Die."

- Lupa

Camp Jupiter is the Roman counterpart of Camp Half-Blood. The Roman demigods and their activities director Lupa know the gods by their Roman counterparts. Its entrance is a service tunnel near the main Caldecott Tunnel in San Francisco.

History
After the fall of Troy in ancient times, Aeneas the son of Venus led the Trojans into exile in Italy founding a new civilization which eventually became Rome. Their culture became more disciplined, militaristic, and warlike which the gods eventually adopted; producing demigods different from those conceived by their Greek aspects. A rivalry developed between Greek and Roman which subsequently lead to many conflicts over the millennia. The last of these wars mirrored the mortal's civil war of the 1860s. Because of the tremendous death toll, the gods decided to completely separate their children to avoid further bloodshed by weaving the Mist so thickly that the two rival groups forgot each other and would ensure that it would remain so ever since.

Chiron, Lupa and most likely others who also knew of this incident swore upon the River Styx never to speak of it. Even after Hera had violated the agreement by revealing Jason Grace to the Greeks, and Percy Jackson to the Romans, Chiron wanted to keep this promise. He refused to tell even Annabeth, one of his most trusted campers (though it could help to look for Percy) until he was forced to tell the story to the campers during a War Council meeting.

According to Jason, the campers are more disciplined, formal, and warlike like their immortal parents. He also stated that campers there are not as welcoming as those at the Greek camp. Lupa is harsher than Chiron because she doesn't help her weak campers or go to their aid. Campers must prove their worth or they don't survive. In other words the strong live and the weak die at Camp Jupiter.

The Last Olympian
While the Greek campers were fighting their own side of the war, the Roman campers did their own part as they assaulted and conquered Mount Othrys. According to Jason Grace's memories, the Roman demigods scaled the mountain and battled "hordes of snake monsters". Jason personally defeated the Titan Lord Krios and toppled Kronos' black throne.

The Greek Demigods were told that the palace on Mount Othrys crumpled after Kronos and his main assault failed.

The Lost Hero
Camp Half-Blood rediscovers its existence after Chiron vaguely tells them of the Greeks and Romans' separation after a war went on between the two groups, which mirrored the mortals' American Civil War in 1864. Percy and Jason, the Greek and Roman camps' recognized leaders have switched places due to Hera. The camp was said to be harsher than Camp Half Blood, and that the weak do not survive. All Roman campers wear plain purple t-shirts and it is also possible that they have a similar tattoo as Jason Grace, a series of lines like a bar code to signify how many years they were at the camp, with the initials SPQR (Senatus Populusque Romanus - The Senate and the People of Rome) and the symbol of their godly parent on top. As Jason felt a connection toward Berkerly Hills along Highway 24 in the entrance of the Caldecott Tunnel where Camp Jupiter is located.

Known Campers
The Roman demigods are sent by their parents at the age of two years to a building known as the Wolf House where they are claimed by Lupa. If she judges them worthy, she takes them to the Roman camp where they are marked with the symbol of their godly parent and the initials SPQR. For each year spent at the training camp, they receive a bar line underneath their tattoos similar to the Greek demigods who get a bead to their necklaces every year they spend at Camp Half-Blood.
 * Bobby
 * Dakota, son of Bacchus
 * Jason Grace, son of Jupiter (Sent to Camp Half-Blood by Juno)
 * Gwendolyn
 * Hank
 * Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon (Sent to Camp Jupiter by Hera)
 * Jacob
 * Larry
 * Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pluto
 * Shen Lun, legacy of Neptune
 * Octavian, legacy of Apollo
 * Reyna, daughter of Bellona
 * Frank Zhang, Legacy of Poseidon and son of Mars
 * Michael Varus
 * Unnamed Son of Mercury mentioned by Ma Gasket in The Lost Hero (Deceased)



Roman Gods
The Roman aspects of their gods were different from the aspects of the Greeks. The following is a row of their gods:
 * Jupiter (Zeus)
 * Juno (Hera)
 * Venus (Aphrodite)
 * Neptune (Poseidon)
 * Apollo (Apollo)
 * Ceres (Demeter)
 * Janus (No Greek counterpart)
 * Proserpina (Persephone)
 * Mercury (Hermes)
 * Vulcan (Hephaestus)
 * Minerva (Athena)
 * Pluto (Hades)
 * Diana (Artemis)
 * Mars (Ares)
 * Vesta (Hestia)
 * Bacchus (Dionysus)
 * Pompona (No Greek counterpart)
 * Saturn (Kronos)
 * Terra (Gaia)
 * Ops (Rhea)
 * Aquilon (Boreas)
 * Victoria (Nike)
 * Rivalitas (Nemesis)
 * Hercules (Heracles)
 * Trivia (Hecate)
 * Hersilia (No Greek counterpart)
 * Juvantas (Hebe)
 * Cupid (Eros)
 * Somnus (Hypnos)
 * Somnia (Morpheus)
 * Fortuna (Tyche)
 * Flora (No Greek counterpart)
 * Bellona (Enyo)
 * Terminus (No Greek counterpart)
 * Mors (Thanatos)
 * Aesculapius (Asclepius)

Structural Society
Camp Jupiter has a complex society structure, consisting of Praetors, Cohorts, Centurions and Probatio.

Praetor
Praetors are the two effective leaders of Camp Jupiter. They control all the camp affairs.

List of Praetors

 * Jason Grace – Twelfth Legion﻿ (former)
 * Reyna – Twelfth Legion
 * Percy Jackson – Twelfth Legion

Cohorts
Cohorts is a group you are placed in when you enter Camp Jupiter, There are five Cohorts, each with about forty members. To be placed in a cohort, you need to have reference letters from family/adult demigods living in the city next to Camp Jupiter. This method is not very effective, as sometimes even the most powerful campers end up in the "worst cohort". If you have no reference letters a Centurion needs to vote for you to join their cohort.

The "best" Cohorts are the First and Second, followed by the Third and Fourth, while the "disgraced Cohort" is the Fifth.

First Cohort
The First Cohort, along with the second Cohort is the pride of Camp Jupiter. The campers with the best reference letters join the First Cohort.

Second Cohort
The First Cohort, along with the second Cohort is the pride of Camp Jupiter. The campers with the best reference letters join the Second Cohort.

Third Cohort
The campers with no extraordinary family and reference letters join the Third Cohort

Fourth Cohort
The campers with no extraordinary family and reference letters join the Fourth Cohort

Fifth Cohort
The campers with the worst reference letters join the Fifth Cohort. There was a time the Fifth Cohort was the most respected Cohort, but Michael Varus, a praetor, member of the Fifth Legion tried to interpret The Prophecy of the Seven, and went to Alaska with the Fifth Cohort, only for it to be almost completely destroyed by. The Fifth Legion lost their standard, a eagle that was a gift from Jupiter, that had the power to shoot lightning bolts at the Fifth Cohort's enemies. The Fifth Cohort was then scorned until Jason Grace joined that cohort, defeated Kriosand started to restore its honor. However, when he "left camp" (he was sent to Camp Half-Blood by Juno), they lost their honor again. However Percy Jackson joined the cohort a few months after, and became Praetor, earning it honor again.

Centurions
Centurion is a rank a camper gains when he/she is claimed by their godly parent (or are vouched for by family letters), and when they have proven their worth somehow. This means you are allowed to leave quests, and receive a SPQR tattoo.

Known Centurions

 * Frank Zhang
 * Dakota
 * Gwendolyn

Field of Mars
Where the campers have there war games, marching drills, and the occasional monster hunting. Every war game they build a new forte so that they never have the same challenge

New Rome
Where roman demigods can live, go to college, get married, and start a life here. There are many different shops here.

Temple Hill
Temple Hill is where all the hills are located. The most important temples are Bellona's temple, the Mars Ultor, and the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus.

Trivia

 * Camp Jupiter is harsher and stricter compared to Camp Half-Blood, the same traits the Romans showed after they invaded and conquered the Greek Isles.
 * In Ancient Times, the Greeks showed love in art, beauty, and gentleness; whereas the Romans showed the traits of being strict, disciplined and warlike, the same traits we see in the books except that they had respect for the Greek's way of life.
 * Camp Jupiter is in San Francisco to keep watch on the Titan's base in Mount Othrys.
 * While Jason claims to be the Praetor of the First Legion in The Lost Hero, Camp Jupiter is only made up of the Twelfth Legion.