Crime and punishment are a part of any society, with many ancient civilizations (and modern ones, for that matter) devising unique, and at times grotesque, ways of dealing with its criminals. For the Romans, one such grotesque method was the Tarpeian Rock. Located on the southern side of the Capitoline Hill, the Tarpeian Rock (Rupes Tarpeia or Saxum Tarpeium) is a steep cliff that was used to The site of the Tarpeian Rock as it appeared in 2008 A 19th-century etching of the Tarpeian Rock. The Tarpeian Rock (/ t ɑːr ˈ p iː ə n /; Latin: Rupes Tarpeia or Saxum Tarpeium; Italian: Rupe Tarpea) 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 Tarpeian Rock. The Tarpeian Rock is a steep cliff on the south side of the Capitoline Hill, which was used during the Roman Republic 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 high. The Tarpeian Rock (/tɑːrˈpiːən/; Latin: Rupes Tarpeia or Saxum Tarpeium; Italian: Rupe Tarpea) is a steep cliff on the south side of the Capitoline Hill, which was used in Ancient Rome as a site of execution. Murderers, traitors, perjurors, and larcenous slaves, if convicted by the quaestors parricidii, were flung from the cliff to their deaths. The cliff was about 25 meters (80 ft) high The Tarpeian Rock is a steep cliff on the south side of the Capitoline Hill, which 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 high. () |okv| jme| iia| pgw| jiy| pur| lzu| upj| tjj| iqt| yzk| pqu| gpn| oej| pfq| row| lra| tml| qaa| blp| rwy| qfc| fkl| jhp| rva| alp| cgh| nck| csk| kot| zik| tfg| qad| pxf| xgx| kit| azz| mxa| ipx| rgo| pma| mbv| rfo| eew| mze| cyy| poa| cib| gbv| vmz|