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Tarpeian Rock
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The Tarpeian Rock is a steep cliff on the south side of the Capitoline Hill that was used in Ancient Rome as a site of execution. 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 meters (80 ft) high.
The site of the Tarpeian Rock as it appeared in 2008
The site of the Tarpeian Rock as it appeared in 2008
A 19th-century etching of the Tarpeian Rock
A 19th-century etching of the Tarpeian Rock
The torture of Tarpeia. Roman Republican coinage (denarius), 89 BC
The torture of Tarpeia. Roman Republican coinage (denarius), 89 BC
Capitoline Hill
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The Capitolium or Capitoline Hill, between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the Seven Hills of Rome.
Gismondi's scale model of the Capitoline Hill under Constantine, Museum of Roman Civilization
Gismondi's scale model of the Capitoline Hill under Constantine, Museum of Roman Civilization
Temple of Saturn in the Roman Forum
Temple of Saturn in the Roman Forum
Piazza del Campidoglio, on the top of Capitoline Hill, with the façades of Palazzo dei Conservatori (left) and Palazzo Nuovo
Piazza del Campidoglio, on the top of Capitoline Hill, with the façades of Palazzo dei Conservatori (left) and Palazzo Nuovo
Michelangelo's systematizing of the Campidoglio, engraved by Étienne Dupérac, 1569
Michelangelo's systematizing of the Campidoglio, engraved by Étienne Dupérac, 1569