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Tarpeian rock

Name: Tacitus Entire
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Author: Publius Cornelius Tacitus

also: Tarpeia rupes

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Reading notes

The Annals §6.19 Tarpeian rock
The cliff of the Capitol from which condemned criminals were thrown to their death.
The Histories §3.72 Tarpeian rock
The cliff of the Capitoline from which traitors were thrown; one of the besieged approaches to the citadel, reached by a hundred steps.

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