Tarpeian Rock

• The Tarpeian Rock is a steep 80 ft (25m) cliff overlooking the Forum Romanum in Rome, used as a site of Execution for Murderers, Traitors, Perjurors and Slaves who had committed Theft. A shameful death was to be flung from the top of the cliff.
• The Rock was named after Tarpeia, the Vestal Virgin, who had betrayed Rome to the Sabines when they tried to recapture their abducted women. Her body was the first to be thrown off the cliff.

Tarpeian Rock (Rupe Tarpea), Capitoline Hill