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	Online Etymology Dictionary
		Rocks "ice cubes" is from 1946; slang meaning "testicles" is first recorded in phrase get (one's) rocks off "achieve intense satisfaction." On the rocks "ruined" is from 1889.
		1607, rock face on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, from which persons convicted of treason were thrown headlong, from L. (mons) Tarpeius "(rock) of Tarpeia," said to have been a Vestal virgin who betrayed the capitol to the Sabines and was buried at the foot of the rock.
		Cloudy is O.E. cludig (in the rock sense), in the water vapor sense, c.1300.
	www.etymonline.com /index.php?search=Rock (1715 words)

	Tarpeian Rock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A steep cliff of the southern summit of the Capitoline Hill, overlooking the Roman Forum, the Tarpeian Rock (rupes Tarpeia) was used during the Roman Republic as an execution site.
		About 500 BC, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the seventh legendary king of Rome, levelled the top of the rock, removing the shrines built by the Sabines, and built a temple to Jupiter Capitolinus on the intermontium, the area between the two summits of the hill.
		The rock was also the site of a temple of Saturn, which contained the Roman treasury that Julius Caesar raided in 49 BC
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tarpeian_Rock (244 words)

	Tarpeian Rock: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		(the Tarpeian Rock (rupes Tarpeia) was used during the Roman Republic[Click link for more facts about this topic] as an execution site.
		Murder is the crime of causing the death of another human being without lawful excuse, and with intent to kill or to cause grievous bodily harm....
		(and she was buried on the rock that was later named after her.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/ta/tarpeian_rock.htm (1046 words)

	First Childhood
		It was known as the Tarpeian Rock, the name being no doubt a relic of the classical taste of a bygone generation.
		The fascination the Tarpeian Rock exercised over me was due, no doubt, to an early craving for the "terrible and sublime," together with a certain interest aroused by the sadistic associations of the name.
		However, the Tarpeian Rock was only one among the many interesting things to be found in the park.
	partners.nytimes.com /books/first/b/berners-first.html (1685 words)

	Tarpeian Rock of the Capitoline Hill, Ancient Rome
		Tarpeian Rock of the Capitoline Hill, Ancient Rome
		An ancient rock or peak (no longer in existence) of the Capitoline Hill, Rome, so called from Tarpeia, which according to legend was the faithless daughter of Spurius Tarpeius, the governor of the citadel during the reign of Romulus, Rome's first king.
		She was flung from this rock by the Sabines.
	www.occultopedia.com /t/tarpeian_rock.htm (703 words)

	Tarpeian Rock and San Pietro in Carcere, Italy. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
		Tarpeian Rock and San Pietro in Carcere, Italy.
		On the right, Via del Monte Tarpeio follows, as its name suggests, the brink of the old Tarpeian Rock, from which traitors would be thrown in ancient times – so-called after Tarpeia, who betrayed the city to the Sabines.
		Steps lead down into the murky depths of the jail, where you can see the bars to which he was chained, along with the spring the saint is said to have created to baptize the other prisoners down here.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/italy/tarpeian_rock_and_san_pietro_in_carcere (252 words)

	Chapter Tannhauser <i>to</i> Tarring and Feathering of T by Brewer's Phrase & Fable
		Tarpeian Rock So called from Tarpeia, a vestal virgin, the daughter of Spurius Tarpeius, governor of the citadel on the Capitoline Hill.
		Tarpeia agreed to open the gates to the Sabines if they would give her “what they wore on their arms” (meaning their bracelets).
		The Sabines, “keeping their promise to the ear,” crushed her to death with their shields, and she was buried in that part of the hill called the Tarpeian Rock.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/255/1185/24366/3.html (265 words)

	131 BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aristonicus of Pergamon leads an uprising against Rome, and consul Publius Licinius Crassus Mucianius is killed in the fighting.
		The Roman censor Quintus Metellus Macedonicus attempts to remove the tribune Gaius Atinius Labeo Macerio from the Senate, the angry Atinius drags him to be thrown off the Tarpeian Rock, and Metellus is only saved by the intervention of other senators.
		The tribune Gaius Papirius Carbo passes a measure allowing the use of secret ballots in legislative assemblies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/131_BC (195 words)

	Cultural Walk in Ancient Rome
		The drop doesn’t seem so great now, years of rubble have built up the area, but the significance of the rock is apparent if you remember that prisons were not common in early times.
		This is where you can see what little remains of the Tarpeian rock.
		Stop our tour now and when you are ready to proceed to the next stop after the rock, be on the other side, the left side of this Senate building.
	www.bellewstours.com /rome_read1.htm (2900 words)

	Discuss Crafts - anyone "fluent" in Latin?
		[a rock at the straits between Italy and Sicily, opposite to Charybdis]; adj.
		Tarpeius -a -um [name of a Roman family]; 'mons Tarpeius', [the Tarpeian rock, from which criminals were thrown].
		Re: rock star and other words...I think I've heard about a bunch of people who make up new Latin words for modern stuff (like, Donald Duck :-) I have no idea of where to find info on that though.
	discuss.gromco.com /snl/tz36060.html (1090 words)

	Roman Holidays, And Others by William Dean Howells eBook by BookRags
		If one is quite honest, or merely as honest as one may be with safety, one will often own to one’s self that something merely incidental to one’s purpose, in visiting this memorable place or that, was of greater charm and greater value than the fulfilment of a direct purpose.
		But now, possibly because the years had moderated all my expectations in life, I thought the Tarpeian Rock very respectably steep and quite impressively lofty; either the houses at its foot had sunk with their chimneys and balconies, or the rock had risen, so that one could no longer be hurled from it with impunity.
		We looked at it from an arbor of the lovely little garden which we were let into beyond the top of the rock, and which was the pleasance of some sort of hospital.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/7422/119.html (309 words)

	The Baldwin Project: The Story of Rome by Mary Macgregor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He actually succeeded in scaling the rock on which the Capitol was built, as only a bold and skilful climber could.
		Close to the top of the rock, however, stood the temple of Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva, the three guardian deities of Rome.
		Dashing his shield at the enemy, he hurled him down the cliff, and he, as he fell, knocked against those who were behind, so that they also were carried down the face of the rock, which they had climbed with so much difficulty.
	www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=macgregor&book=rome&story=geese (1741 words)

	Popular Roman Legends & Myths - Rome, Lazio, Italy - Travel Information, Links & Pictures - Travelers Digest
		Tradition tells that the Cardinal Felice Peretti, who came from a family of poor farmers from the Marche compensated his humble origins with the wealth of his shrewdness and his intelligence.
		Nobody knows what brought him to the city, but whoever doubts that he was actually here, can go to one of the alleys in the historical centre, just behind Piazza Capranica.
		The mark left by his sword on the wall during a brawl with Roman knights, is distinctly visible on the only rock projecting from one of the buildings.
	www.travelersdigest.com /rome_legends.htm (2596 words)

	March 2002 Newsletter
		The cliffs of this peak reminded Richard Cautley of the Interprovincial Boundary Survey of the cliff from which the criminals of ancient Rome were thrown from.
		One of the first mountains in the Canadian Rockies to be named in honour of a lady mountaineer is Mount Tuzo (Peak #7 in the Valley of the Ten Peaks).
		The High Rock Range forms the continental divide from Weary Creek Gap in the upper Highwood Valley south to the Crowsnest Pass.
	www.rmbooks.com /peakfinder/oldnewsletters/mar2002.htm (577 words)

	Capitoline Hill: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Political criminals were murdered by being thrown off the steep crest of the hill, to fall on the dagger-sharp Tarpeian Rock A steep cliff of the southern summit of the capitoline hill, overlooking the roman forum, the tarpeian rock (rupes tarpeia) was used during the roman republic as an execution site....
		Tarpeian Rock A steep cliff of the southern summit of the capitoline hill, overlooking the roman forum, the tarpeian rock (rupes tarpeia) was used during the roman republic as an execution site....
		De arte alea De arte alea is a lost work on gambling, which is thought to have been written by the roman emperor claudius....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /c/capitoline_hill (1108 words)

	The Pagan Front Of Christianity. - Ancient Roman Empire Forums
		Some were buried alive others were thrown from the Tarpeian Rock.
		A chicken, snake, monkey and dog are thrown in, and the whole thing is sewn up and thrown into the River Tiber from the Tarpeian Rock.
		I just had it told to me by both a Serbian and Greek Orthodox priest that there was some kind of fall out, but they didn't go too indepth.
	www.unrv.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=1822&st=15 (2101 words)

	A Stamp for Artzenu
		The issuance of these new stamps is not a month-in month-out occasion, nor even one that takes place every year.
		Since the year 71 of the present era, when, after the fall of Jerusalem, Simon Bar Giora, the leader of the war against the Romans, was dragged to Rome and there thrown down from the Tarpeian rock, there has been no Jewish state on earth.
		Hebrew coins were minted for the last time by Bar-Kochba, who raised the flag of rebellion against Rome in the year 132 to 135.
	www.varchive.org /obs/480511.htm (728 words)

	Jugurtha, King of Numidia, Thrown from His Roman Prison into the Tiber (Getty Museum)
		Although the author Boccaccio seemed unsure of the ultimate fate of Jugurtha, son of a Numidian prince and a concubine, he stated that some historians believed he was killed at night and tossed from the Tarpeian Rock into the Tiber River tied to a stone.
		In this miniature, however, Jugurtha is thrown from a tower, rather than from a rock.
		Jugurtha was excluded from the line of succession by his grandfather's will, but his father raised him in the palace with his half-brothers the princes.
	www.getty.edu /art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=112356 (198 words)

	Oracles of Nostradamus: Louis XVIII and Louis Philippe
		A prince, therefore, of Sardinia shall be stabbed by the Keeper of the Kennel, instigated by Republicans, when Saturn is in opposition to the sign of the Lion, on February 13, 1820.
		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.
	www.sacred-texts.com /nos/oon/oon20.htm (2589 words)

	The Tarpeian Rock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This is the rock from which traitors were pushed to their death in Ancient Rome
		But if you tried that today, I imagine someone in the 3 story building next door
		Or, the body could land on the hood of a car below.
	www.unc.edu /~bhpratt/stump/pratt12.html (43 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Tarpeian Rock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
		Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Tarpeian Rock; all previous versions may be viewed here.
		They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref?title=Tarpeian_Rock (370 words)

	Slideshow for Leura & Blue Mountains
		Mount Solitary, viewed from Tarpeian Rock Date/Time: Sat Jun 18 15:10:31 2005
		Three Sisters, viewed from Tarpeian Rock Date/Time: Sat Jun 18 15:23:56 2005
		Mount Solitary and surrounds, viewed from Tarpeian Rock Date: 25/09/05
	ab.id.au /gallery/main.php?g2_view=slideshow.Slideshow&g2_itemId=289 (80 words)

	Amazon.com: Your Amiable Uncle: Letters to His Nephews: Books: Booth Tarkington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		CAPs: Papa John, Auntie Lou, Golden House, Tarpeian Rock, Grand Canal (more)
		Papa John, Auntie Lou, Golden House, Tarpeian Rock, Grand Canal, Eiffel Tower, Original Eagles, Patron Saint, Sextus Quintus
		Be the first person to review this item.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1419172301?v=glance (363 words)

	Wordorigins.org: Capital/Capitol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Its counterpart, Capitol, first appears in 1375 and is a reference to the temple of Jupiter built on the Capitoline Hill in Rome.
		(Also known as the Tarpeian Hill.) From Chaucer's The Monk's Tale, c.1386:
		The word pretty much remained a proper reference to the Roman locale into the 17th century, when it began to be used more generally to temples and similar edifices.
	www.wordorigins.org /Words/LetterC/capital.html (279 words)

	New Ear ~ Kansas City's Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
		Swedish composer Kent Olofsson's music is inspired by biblical texts and antique mythology.
		Tarpeian Rock, composed in 1996-97, is named after an ancient rock of the Capitoline Hill in Rome where Tarpeia famously betrayed the Romans by letting the Sabines enter the fortress.
		Oloffsson incorporates synthesized sounds on a Kurzweill 2000 keyboard with an ensemble made up of alto flute, bass clarinet, guitar, cello and percussion.
	www.newear.org (541 words)

	GAR Roman Neighborhoods Fall 2000
		Instead of rewarding her, the Sabines threw them off a rock on the south-west side of the Capitol.
		That is why this rock got the name 'rupes Tarpeia', which means 'rock of Tarpeia'."
		"Bear him to the rock Tarpeian, and from thence into destruction cast him." Shakespeare: Coriolanus, iii.
	www.mmdtkw.org /GARrnAu00.html (2465 words)

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		Spurius Cassius had been consul twice but the Romans still threw him off the rock.
		What hero of the seige of Rome and friend to geese everywhere was also tossed off the Tarpeian Rock, allegedly for regal aspirations?
		Romans were not great scientists, but thanks to this author, atomic theory was debated in Rome as early as 55 BC?
	www.geocities.com /bwduncan/cqd304.txt (4178 words)

	walking tours Rome / ancent rome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Route: Piazza Venezia, Via dei Fori Imperiali, Colosseum, Arch of Constantine, Piazza del Campidoglio, Tarpeian Rock, Santa Maria della Consolazione, Circus Maximus, Piazza della Bocca della Verità, Via del Velabro
		From here, you can look at a suggestive panorama, particularly on the hill of the imperial power par excellence, that is, the Palatine.
		From the Campidoglio, the notorious Tarpeian Rock, where the geese used to watch over the Romans’ sleep, slopes down towards Santa Maria della Consolazione; by walking along the Forum, you get to via di San Teodoro, with the church of the same name.
	www.tourome.com /ancient_rome1.htm (532 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		* method : throw some longer-than-average individuals at each generation * specificity : TarpeianPipeline CAN produce individuals * that have been hurled down from tarpeian rock; * In such case, such an individual IS > NOW : it receives a very_bad_fitness * and has its --.evaluated -- flag set to true !!
		* * HOW_TO_USE : * -- modify your pipe sources to integrate a tarpeian pipeline
		/ { } else /* because of contrary winds, this individual * with greater than average size, is being hurled * down from the TARPEIAN Rock !
	www-lil.univ-littoral.fr /~mahler/TarpeianPipeline/TarpeianPipeline.java (337 words)

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