Tarpeian Rock
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
May 02, 2026 04:40 PM
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History
The Tarpeian Rock (Tarpeius mons) is a steep rocky cliff on the south side of the Capitoline Hill in Rome. Certain adjudicated criminals were tossed from the Tarpeian Rock to their deaths in antiquity. According to Varro, Tarpeius mons may be the earliest name of the Capitoline Hill.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/928849659
41.8915038204, 12.4823043191
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- OSM location of Tarpeian Rock (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Tarpeian Rock (English, modern)
- mons Tarpeius (Latin, 330 BC - 30 BC)
- rupes Tarpeia (Latin, unspecified date range)
- Tarpeian Rock part of (physical/topographic) Capitolinus Mons (unspecified date range)
- Tarpeian Rock located at Roma (unspecified date range)
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Pleiades
Jeffrey Becker, and Brady Kiesling, 'Tarpeian Rock: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/928849659> [accessed: 08 June 2026]
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