place
Rupes Tarpeia
the Tarpeian Rock
also: Tarpeius
The cliff on the Capitoline at Rome from which traitors and certain criminals were hurled to their deaths.
Reading notes
- On Anger §1.16 the Tarpeian Rock
The cliff on the Capitoline from which Rome hurled traitors and public enemies; the judge sends men there without anger, as one kills a snake.