Ancient Roman Site

RUPE TARPEA

The Tarpeian Rock was a steep cliff of the southern summit of the Capitoline Hill, overlooking the Roman Forum in Ancient Rome. It was used during the Roman Republic as an execution site. Murderers, traitors, perjurors, and larcenous slaves, if convicted by the quaestores parricidii, were flung from the cliff to their deaths. The cliff was about 25 m tall.

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Architecture sight in Roma - Monte Capitolino / Mons Capitolinus, Italy

Via Monte Tarpeo
00186 Roma - Monte Capitolino / Mons Capitolinus · Campitelli
District: Centro antica , Italy Route to RUPE TARPEA