- The
Tarpeian Rock (/tɑːrˈpiːən/; Latin:
Rupes Tarpeia or
Saxum Tarpeium; Italian: Rupe Tarpea) is a
steep cliff on the
south side of the
Capitoline Hill...
- Bergamo,
Lombardy Golfo di Orosei, Cala Luna,
Monte Tiscali,
Sardinia Tarpeian Rock The
thrown stones,
Lazio Vidzeme Pusena Kalns,
Bartava Stone town...
- bear him to the rock
Tarpeian, and from
thence into
destruction cast him;" and
further on "He
shall be
thrown from the
Tarpeian Rock with
rigorous hands...
- was
buried on or
thrown from a rock
known ever
since by her name, the
Tarpeian Rock. The
Romans attacked the
Sabines who now held the citadel, in what...
- The
Senate condemned him to
death in 385 BC, and he was
thrown from the
Tarpeian Rock. Manlius'
house on the
Capitoline Hill was razed, and the
Senate decreed...
- escarpment. This area is
named the "
Tarpeian Precinct",
after the
resemblance of the
escarpment to the
Tarpeian Rock. This
relatively small elevated...
-
Superbus removed and destro**** all the
Sabine shrines and
altars from the
Tarpeian Rock,
enraging the
people of Rome. The
people came to
object to his rule...
-
towns of
Signia and Circeii. At Rome,
Tarquin levelled the top of the
Tarpeian Rock,
overlooking the Forum, and
removed a
number of
ancient Sabine shrines...
-
mythologized and who was said to have been the
lover of the
goddess Fortuna. The
Tarpeian Rock, and why it was used for the
execution of traitors. Lucretia, whose...
-
southern cliff of Rome's
Capitoline Hill,
thereafter called after her the
Tarpeian Rock (Rupes Tarpeia). The
legend tells that
while Rome was
besieged by...
