Tarpeian Rock

[ tahr-pee-uhn ]

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

Origin of Tarpeian Rock

1
1600–10; <Latin (mōns) Tarpēi(us) Tarpeian (hill) + -an

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Tarpeian Rock

/ (tɑːˈpiːən) /


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

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