Tarpeian Rock

[ tahr-pee-uhn ]

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noun

a rock on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, from which criminals and traitors were hurled.

Tarpeian Rock

/ tɑːˈpiːən /

(in ancient Rome) a cliff on the Capitoline hill from which traitors were hurled

1600–10; < Latin ( mōns ) Tarpēi ( us ) Tarpeian (hill) + -an

One, whose fate he wished particularly to signalize, was thrown down from the Tarpeian Rock.

We use the title Tarpeian Rock as applied to the place of execution and not to the whole hill.

No more success: mere sham-success, for a day and days; rising ever higher,—towards its Tarpeian Rock.

As you know, madam, the Tarpeian Rock is close to the Capitol.

Ludovico suggested our going to the Tarpeian Rock, which is part of this precipitous hill, if we were not too tired.

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