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Tarpeia
By: Emad Alsamadi
-Father (Spurius Tarpeius) was guard of outer gate of Citadel,
Rome
-Had a greedy eye (silver shiny ornaments)
-Sabine War
-Story of moral with greediness and betrayal
The Story
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It was a time of War against Sabines (From
Central Italy)
Sabines were surrounding the city
Tarpeia went to obtain water from the public
well
Since Tarpeia had a “greedy eye” she
seemed to talk to the men to look at their
shiny ornaments (Bracelets, shields, etc)
Soldiers knew she was daughter of a guard
and realized that she was looking at their
bright silver accessories
Soldiers kept talking to her every day
making her tempted
Finally Tarpeia made a deal if they gave her
the silver rings that they wore on their left
arm
The night finally arrived and Tarpeia got up
to take her key while everyone was asleep
to open up the gate
The Sabines entered the city keenly
The soldiers said “Take thy reward” and
instead crushed her to the ground with his
heavy shield
Tarpeia was dead
Sabines entered the city and marched over
her dead body
Tarpeia’s Rock
(Saxum Tarpeia)
-Located on Capitoline Hill, off of a cliff
-Used as a place for execution by the Roman
Republic (Says a lot about what they
thought about
Tarpeia)
-The dead men there were either murderers,
traitors, perjurors, or Larcenous slaves
-If they were convicted by the quaestores
parricidii, they were thrown off of the cliff
-People with mental or big physical disabilities
had to have the same consequences of
being “cursed by
the gods”
-The cliff was 80 feet tall
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"Tarpeia." Loyola University Chicago. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2011. <http://www.luc.edu/faculty/
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Roman Republic: Second Triumvirate, Senate of the Roman Republic, First Triumvirate, Tarpeian
Rock, Socii, Publius Licinius Crassus. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.
Reinach, Salomon, ed. Tarpeia. N.p.: Kessinger Publishing, 2010. Print.
"Tarpeian Rock." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica,
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Test Questions
Tarpeia was crushed with a _______.
The story of Tarpeia took place in ______,
_______.
The enemies were called the _______.