Steep crag at the southeast of the Capitol (Capitolium) in Rome; named after Tarpeia. Place of execution, where delinquents accused of various crimes were thrown from the rock to their deaths.
Bibliography
Richardson, 377 f. s. v. Tarpeia Rupes.
Tarpeium saxum(44 words)
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Höcker, Christoph (Kissing), “Tarpeium saxum”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 10 August 2022 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1200840>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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