TarpeiaBy: 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

- 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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Test Questions

Tarpeia was crushed with a _______.

The story of Tarpeia took place in ______, _______.

The enemies were called the _______.