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Topic: Spurius Tarpeius


  
  web.genealogie
Décemvirs: Appius Claudius Crassus Sabinus Inregillensis, Titus Genucius Augurinus, Spurius Veturius Crassus Cicurinus, Caius Julius Jullus, Aulus Manlius Vulso, Servius Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus, Publius Sestius Capitolinus Vaticanus, Spurius Postumius Albus Inregillensis, Publius Curiatius Fistus Trigeminus, Titus Romilius Rocus Vaticanus.
Titus Veturius Calvinus (I) Spurius Postumius Albus Inregillensis (I).
Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus.
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 Free Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
490 Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus, Spurius Larcius Flavus (Rufus) II Gaius Iulius Iullus, Publius Pinarius Mamertinus Rufus.
419 Consular Tribunes: Agrippa Memenius Lanatus, Publius Lucretius Tricipitinus, Spurius Nautius Rutilus
Corvus IV Spurius Postumius Albinus (Caudinus), Tiberius Veturius Calvinus
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 List of Republican Roman Consuls - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
491 Marcus Minucius Augurinus II, Aulus Sempronius Atratinus II Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus, Spurius Larcius Flavus (Rufus) II Gaius Iulius Iullus, Publius Pinarius Mamertinus Rufus.
377 Consular Tribunes Spurius Furius, Lucius Servilius II, Gaius Licinius, Publius Claelius, Marcus Horatius, Lucius Geganius.
148 Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus
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 Livy, History of Appius and Virginia; (Latin, tr. into Modern English) analogue of PhysT.
Valerius now assumed authority to order the lictors to depart from one who was but a private citizen; and then Appius, bereft of courage, and dreading for his life, covered his head, and, unobserved by his adversaries, made his escape into a house near the Forum.
Spurius Oppius rushing into the Forum from the other side, in order to assist his colleague, saw their authority overpowered by force.
Spurius Oppius held the meeting of the senate, when it was resolved, that no harsh measures should be used, because themselves had given occasion to the insurrection.
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 Chapter Taprobana <i>to</i> Tasso and Leonora of T by Brewer's Readers Handbook
Tarpa (Spurius Metius), a famous critic of the Augustan age.
He sat in the temple of Apollo with four colleagues to judge the merit of theatrical pieces before they were produced in public.
So called from Tarpeia, daughter of Spurius Tarpeius governor of the citadel on the Saturnian (i.e.
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The guardian was named Tarpeius, and he had a daughter, Tarpeia, who was so much attracted by the golden ornaments worn by the Sabines, that she promised to open the citadel to them if each soldier would give his bracelet to her.
This was promised, and as each entered he threw his golden ornament upon the poor maiden, until she fell beneath the weight and died, for they wished to show that they hated treachery though willing to profit by it.
Treaties were made at this period with some of the neighboring peoples, by a good friend of the plebeians, Spurius Cassius, who was consul in the year 486, and these to a certain extent repaired the losses that had followed the war with Porsena after the fall of the Tarquins.
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 List of Republican Roman Consuls - Questionz.net , answers to all your questions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Tricostus, Spurius Cassius Vecellinus (or Viscellinus) 501 Postumius Cominius Auruncus, Titus Larcius Flavus (or Rufus) 500 Servius Sulpicius P.f.
Tricostus Caeliomontanus, T. Veturius (or Vetusius) Geminus Cicurinus 493 Postumius Cominius Auruncus II, Spurius Cassius Vecellinus II 492 T. Geganius Macerinus, P. Minucius Augurinus 491 M. Minucius Augurinus II, A. Sempronius Atratinus II 490 Q. Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus, Sp.
Veturius Calvinus II, Spurius Postumius Albinus (Caudinus) II 320 L. Papirius Sp.f.
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 Rupes Tarpeia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
ccording to an old Roman legend Tarpeia was the daughter of Spurius Tarpeius who was the defender of the Capitol in Rome in a fight against the Sabines.
She delivered the castle to the enemy in exchange for gold and ornaments.
That is why this rock got the name 'rupes Tarpeia', which means 'rock of Tarpeia'.
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 The History of Rome, Vol. I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Spurius Tarpeius was in command of the Roman citadel.
He made Spurius Furius the Pater Patratus by touching his head and hair with the grass.
Then the Pater Patratus, who is constituted for the purpose of giving the treaty the religious sanction of an oath, did so by a long formula in verse, which it is not worth while to quote.
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 Selections from Livy, Book I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
When Spurius’ daughter went outside the fortifications to fetch water for some religious ceremonies, Titus Tatius, the Sabine king, bribed her to admit his troops into the citadel.
Lucretia, overwhelmed with grief at such a frightful outrage, sent a messenger to her father at Rome and to her husband at Ardea, asking them to come to her, each accompanied by one faithful friend: it was necessary to act promptly, she told them, as a horrible thing had happened.
Spurius Lucretius, her father, came from Rome with Publius Valerius, the son of Volesus; Collatinus came from Ardea with Lucius Junius Brutus, with whom he happened to be returning to Rome and he was met on the way by his wife’s messenger.
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 Oracles of Nostradamus: Louis XVIII and Louis Philippe
The Tarpeian rock is figuratively employed to signify the Mountain, or the demagogues and the Republicans generally.
The Mons Tarpeius was first named from murder, and was for ages a scene of murder.
Tarpeia, who betrayed the Capitol to the Sabines, was crushed by their shields at the gate, and her father, Spurius Tarpeius, was thrown over the battlements by order of Romulus.
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 Omnipelagos.com ~ article "Vestal Virgin"
The Vestal duty brought great honor and afforded greater privileges to women who served in that role.
The infamous Tarpeia, daughter of Spurius Tarpeius, was a traitorous Vestal Virgin.
Rhea Sylvia, who was raped by Mars and conceived Romulus and Remus, and Tuccia, whose chastity was questioned, was sometimes accounted a prototype of vestal virgins.
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The last war broke out on the part of the Sabines, and this was by far the most formidable: for nothing was done under the influence of anger or covetousness, nor did they give indications of hostilities before they had actually begun them.
Spurius Tarpeius was in command of the Roman citadel: his maiden daughter, who at the time had gone by chance outside the walls to fetch water for sacrifice, was bribed by Tatius, to admit some armed soldiers into the citadel.
After they were admitted, they crushed her to death by heaping their arms upon her: either that the citadel might rather appear to have been taken by storm, or for the sake of setting forth a warning, that faith should never on any occasion be kept with a betrayer.
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 The Sabine Virgins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
It would take a year, before Tatius, the king of the Sabines, started action against the Romans.
Romulus had entrusted the rule of the satellite town of Rome to Spurius Tarpeius.
He had a daughter, called Tarpeia, who loved gold and silver jewellery very much.
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 Capitulation on the Capitoline
Traitors and condemned criminals are thrown to their death from the cliff.
It is named for Tarpeia, the daughter of Spurius Tarpeius, defender of the Capitol in the Sabine War of the 8th century BC.
The Sabines bribed Tarpeia to let them up to the Capitol> The reward for her treachery was to be what they wore on their arms, and she was crushed to death between their shields.
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 Roman Mythology
In haste the Romans closed the deal before all the irreplaceable oracles were totally destroyed.
arpeia was a Roman heroine, the daughter of Spurius Tarpeius, the commander of the Capitoline fortress at Rome.
She may have played a role in saving the city.
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 All words on Tarpeian Rock
A legend then evolved to explain the conquest.
According to this legend, the Vestal Virgin Tarpeia, daughter of Spurius Tarpeius, governor of the citadel on the Capitoline Hill, betrayed the Romans by opening the city gates to let in the Sabines in return for the promise of payment of what they bore on their arms.
Her anticipation was that she would receive their golden bracelets.
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 Titus Livius: The History of Rome, Book 3
When, therefore, they went out of office, in which they were succeeded by Spurius Tarpeius and A. Aeternius, they were both impeached—Romilius by C. Calvius Cicero, plebeian tribune, and Veturius by L. Alienus, plebeian aedile.
Commissioners were sent to Athens with instructions to make a copy of the famous laws of Solon, and to investigate the institutions, customs, and laws of other Greek States.
Their names were Spurius Postumius Albus, A. Manlius, P. Sulpicius Camerinus.
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 Clas146Livy
Lucretia, overwhelmed with grief at such a frightful outrage, sent a messenger to her father at Rome and to her husband at Ardea, asking them to come to her, each accompanied by one faithful friend; it was necessary to act, and to act promptly; a horrible thing had happened.
Spurius Lucretius came with Publius Valerius, the son of Volesus; Collatinus with Lucius Junius Brutus, with whom he happened to be returning to Rome when he was met by his wife's messenger.
They found Lucretia sitting in her room prostrate with grief.
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 Greek & Roman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Oedipus gave the correct answer which is Man, who walks on four as a baby, and on three as an old man. After hearing the correct answer the Sphinx hurled herself over a cliff and died.
- Roman heroine daughter of Spurius Tarpeius commander of the CApitoline fortress at Rome.
Some say she saved the city after a war broke out when Romulus took the Sabines women.
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 Rome Tourism. Rome Legends:  The Tarpeian Rock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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At the time of Romulus, Tarpeia, the young and beautiful daughter of Spurius Tarpeius, the custodian of the Capitoline hill, betrayed Rome.
She promised to show the Sabines and their leader Tatius the way up to the citadel, in exchange for what they wore on their left arms: precious torques and gold rings.
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