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the Tarpeian rock

Tarpeian rock

also: saxum Tarpeium

The cliff of the Capitoline from which traitors were hurled to death; from it the tribunes cast down Marcus Manlius Capitolinus, so that one spot was both monument of his glory and place of his end.

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Mentioned in 2 works (3 total)

The History of Rome, Book 6 history · 2 mentions
The History of Rome, Book 7 history · 1 mention

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