Tarpeian Rock
natural · 330 BC – 2100 AD
The Tarpeian Rock (Tarpeius mons) is a steep rocky cliff on the south side of the Capitoline Hill in Rome. Certain adjudicated criminals were tossed from the Tarpeian Rock to their deaths in antiquity. According to Varro, Tarpeius mons may be the earliest name of the Capitoline Hill.
- Coordinates
- 41.89150, 12.48230
- Also known as
- mons Tarpeius (la), mons Tarpeius (la), rupes Tarpeia (la), rupes Tarpeia (la)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)